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Abacus · Ages 5+ · Set A
Taking from ten
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Remember: Ten is made of two parts. Take one part away and the other part stays.

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Mia's braceletA row has ten beads across. Mia wants five beads. Pip slides five beads back. Five beads stay across. Ten is made of five and five.
1
How many beads does Mia want?
🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵Ten🔵🔵🔵🔵Four🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵Five
2
Pip slides five beads back.
TrueFalse
3
How many beads stay across?
🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵Five🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵Ten🔵🔵🔵🔵Four

Slide beads back

4
Ten beads are across. Take three away. How many stay?
🔵🔵🔵Three🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵Seven🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵Eight
5
Which frame shows ten take away four?
🐶
A
🐱
B
🐸
C
6
10 − 2 =
7
Ten take away nine leaves one.
TrueFalse
8
Join each sum to what it leaves.
  1. 110 − 1
  2. 210 − 4
  3. 310 − 6
  • A4
  • B6
  • C9

Think and do

9
Mia has ten fingers up. Six fold down. How many stay up?
👆👆👆👆👆👆Six👆👆👆👆Four👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆Ten
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Seventeen take away four. Which frame is the answer?
🐶
A
🐱
B
🐸
C
11
To take four from seventeen, slide the ten back.
TrueFalse
12
Number the steps.
  • Mia wants five beads
  • Ten beads are across
  • Five beads stay across
  • Pip slides five beads back
13
Draw ten beads across. Cross out four.
14
Trace it.
10 − 5 = 5
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