Subtraction – reverse addition!
A boy walking backwards Subtracting numbers is just the same as adding them, only walking the other way along the number line. To subtract 3 from 8, you start on the number [...]
A boy walking backwards Subtracting numbers is just the same as adding them, only walking the other way along the number line. To subtract 3 from 8, you start on the number [...]
Walk along a chalk line To get to understand the number line better, mark out a line on the playground or on the sidewalk outside your house with chalk. At the middle of [...]
A number line is infinite in both directions. When people say that addition is commutative, that means that it doesn't matter what order you add up the numbers. 3 + 6 [...]