Understanding Subtraction Concepts

This video tutorial introduces the concept of subtracting whole numbers using chips. It explains the terms menuend, subtrahend, and difference, and demonstrates subtraction with two examples: 8 minus 6 and 14 minus 9. The video uses chips to visually model the subtraction process, helping learners understand how to remove or take away quantities to find the difference.

What is the term for the number you start with in a subtraction problem?

• Quotient

• Minuend

• Difference

• Subtrahend

In subtraction, what do you call the number that is subtracted from another number?

• Minuend

• Subtrahend

• Difference

• Dividend

If you start with 8 chips and remove 6, how many chips are left?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

What is the result called when you subtract one number from another?

• Difference

• Product

• Quotient

• Sum

When you have 14 chips and take away 9, how many chips remain?

• 4

• 6

• 3

• 5

In the example of 14 minus 9, what is the minuend?

• 9

• 5

• 23

• 14