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Take-away pencils

Find the answers in your own way. Write down anything that helps.

Pairs of children took some pencils
from pots holding 20 pencils.
Work out how many pencils
will be left in the pot each time.
Write the answers in your book.

II (two more than nine.

less than nine, f'
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( I've taken nine. /
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I've got six

Work out the answers to these.

b 17-7-4 = c 19-5-2 =
d 12-3-9 = e 18-4-4 = f 20-6-7 =

Find the missing numbers.
a 10-3- =2 b 14- -3 =9 en 4-4 = 9
d 13-2- =6 e 15- -5 = 0 f 16- -6 = 6
g 14-7- =1 h -2-8 =5 i 20 -8 = 4

Write a story for this subtraction: 14-4-7 = 3

CHALLENGE 20 — — =2

Continue this pattern as far as you can. 11 — — =2
18 — — =2

!7 — — =2