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Abacus · Ages 5+ · Set A
Fish in the bowl
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Remember: Beads slide back and the rest stay. That is taking away from five.

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Mia's fishMia has five fish in a bowl. She lifts two fish out. Pip slides two beads back. Three beads are still across. Five take away two leaves three.
1
How many fish did Mia have?
🐟🐟🐟🐟Four🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟Five🐟🐟Two
2
Mia lifts three fish out.
TrueFalse
3
How many fish stay in the bowl?
🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟Five🐟🐟Two🐟🐟🐟Three

Slide beads back

4
Five beads are across. Slide four back. How many stay?
🔵One🔵🔵🔵🔵Four🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵Five
5
Which frame shows five take away three?
🐶
A🐱
B🐸
C
6
5 − 1 =
7
Five take away two leaves four.
TrueFalse
8
Join each sum to what it leaves.
  1. 15 − 2
  2. 25 − 3
  3. 35 − 4
  • A1
  • B2
  • C3

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9
Five fingers are up. Two go down. How many stay up?
👆👆👆Three👆👆Two👆👆👆👆👆Five
10
Five take away five leaves none.
TrueFalse
11
Number the steps.
  • Pip slides two beads back
  • Five fish are in the bowl
  • Mia lifts two fish out
  • Three beads are still across
12
Draw five beads across. Cross out three.
13
Trace it.
5 − 2 = 3
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Answer key · Set A
Fish in the bowl
1Five Mia had five fish in her bowl.
2False Mia lifts two fish out of the bowl.
3Three Five fish, and two go out, leaves three fish in the bowl.
4One Five beads, and four slide back, leaves one bead across.
5B Five beads, and three slide back, leaves two beads across.
64 One bead slides back, so four beads stay across.
7False Five take away two leaves three.
81-C, 2-B, 3-A The beads that slide back are gone. The beads still across are what is left.
9Three Five fingers, and two go down, leaves three fingers up.
10True Every bead slides back, so no beads stay across.
113, 1, 2, 4 Each fish that leaves is one bead that slides back.
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