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Subtraction

📚 Learn how Watch balloons fly away and cookies get eaten, then count what is left.

Step 1 of 5

Start with balloons

We have 5 balloons. Count them: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Step 2 of 5

Some fly away

Whoosh! 2 balloons float away. Watch them go, one by one.

Step 3 of 5

Count what is left

Only count the balloons that are still here: 1, 2, 3.

5 − 2 = 3

Step 4 of 5

Munch some cookies

There are 6 cookies. We eat 4 of them. Yum, yum!

Step 5 of 5

Count the leftovers

Count the cookies on the plate: 1, 2. Six take away four leaves two!

6 − 4 = 2