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Subtracting Zero or the Same Number

I have three glasses of juice. If I
give zero glasses to you. How many
glasses are left?

Three glasses.

Look at the given examples.

(a) 3 – 0 = 3 (b) 4 – 0 = 4

I
If I give all three glasses
t
to you, how many glasses
will I have?

Zero glasses.

Look at the given examples. You Should Know

(a) 2 – 2 = 0  Subtracting 0 from a number gives
the same number.
(b) 6 – 6 = 0
 Subtracting a number from itself
gives 0.
6. Fill in the blank boxes.

(a)

– =

3 3 0

(b)

– =

5

(c) 7 – = 7 (d) 9 – 9 = (e) – 6 = 0

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