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Activities for Families

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Reviewing Subtraction Skills

Introduction, Stage 4 – Mental Math – Single-Digit Add & Sub

Before starting these subtraction activities, practice any of the following skills that happen to
be weak for your child:

  • Add and subtract 0, 1, 2 (and perhaps 3)
  • Subtract numbers 1 or 2 apart
  • Know the number bonds for 10 and how they make subtracting from 10 easy
  • Subtract 10 from numbers from 11 to 19