Subtraction with bottle tops
Skogsbackeskolan
Karlstad

Age:
6-8 years old

Aims:
A visual way to show subtraction.

Material:
Bottle tops

Main part:
The teacher give the children five bottle tops each. Then they start to solve the equation. The bottle tops are turned with the frontside up.
If the equation is 5–3 the children flip 3 of the tops. Now they will see how many tops are still intact.

 

 

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