Subtraction - Terms and Properties

Let's begin today's lesson

Open Ended

Dubai Metro was inaugurated in the year 2009. How old is the Dubai Metro now?

Which mathematical operation will you use to find the answer ?​

Learning objectives

Identify the terms related to Subtraction.
State the properties of subtraction
Apply the properties to solve questions independently.

Open Ended

Collaborate to share what are three terms in a subtraction sentence.

Let's work as a team and understand the properties of Subtraction

Multiple Choice

Apply the properties and solve:

3,012 - 3,012 = _____________

• 3,012

• 0

• 6,024

• There is no such property in subtraction

Multiple Choice

Apply the property and solve:

9,673 - 0 = _______

• 9,674

• 9,672

• 9,673

• 0

Multiple Choice

Int he subtraction sentence 3,500 - 500 = 3,000

3,500 is _____, 500 is _____ and 3,000 is ______

• 3,500 is minuend, 500 is subtrahend and 3,000 is difference

• 3,500 is difference, 500 is minuend and 3,000 is subtrahend

• 3,500 is minuend, 500 is difference and 3,000 is subtrahend

Multiple Choice

When we take 1 away from the greatest 4-digit number we get________

• 9,999

• 9,998

• 10,000

• 9,997

Multiple Choice

5,388 - 5,388 = _________

• 1

• 0

• 5,388

Open Ended

Collaborate to share what have we learnt in today's lesson