1. Helping your child with subtraction

2. Partitioning sets Seeing 12 as made up of 5 and 7

3. Take Away (counting back) Subtraction Find the difference (counting on)

4. Counting back/take away/reduction : 5 - 3 47 - 23 13 - 5

5. Practical subtraction: exchanging where necessary 72 - 47 =

6. leading to or 6 7 Vertical subtraction

7. or 7 Vertical subtraction

8. leading to or 8 2 6 12 6 Vertical subtraction

9. leading to or 9 2 612 6 Vertical subtraction

10. Vertical subtraction: in the context of money

11. Finding the difference Using language such as ‘How many more?, ‘How much taller?’ and ‘ The difference between.

12. Finding the difference What is the difference between 12 and 17?

13. Finding the difference 94 - 78

14. How can you help  Practical/real life opportunities for taking away and counting on (‘How many more?’).  Letting your children become familiar with coins e.g. when shopping or to use in a pretend shop.  Games where children can practise number facts, place value and subtraction.

15. Whoever has the difference closest to 1000 wins. Scoring  A point for a win. The first person to reach 10 wins the game.  Each player keeps a running total of their "penalty points", the difference between their result and 1000 after each round. First to 5000 loses. Dicey Operations