Taking Away within 10 – Infants 1 Maths

November 10, 2026November 11, 2026 Aven Brisail2 Comments

When some things go away, we take away. Today we will take away from a group and count how many are left.

Take away

There are 6 birds. 2 birds fly away. How many birds are left?

🐦🐦🐦🐦 🐦🐦

Count the birds that are left: 1, 2, 3, 4. There are 4 birds left.

Say it in words

We can say: 6 take away 2 equals 4. When we take away, the group gets smaller. To take away means to remove. The ones that remain are left.

First count how many you start with. Then take some away. Then count what is left.

Spending money

You have 10 cents. You spend 5 cents on a sweet. How much money is left?

Start: 5¢ 5¢
Spend: 5¢
Left: 5¢

10 cents take away 5 cents equals 5 cents. You have 5 cents left.

Try it

TRY ITTake away and count

Pick a game. Then tap your answer.

Let’s practise

Point, say or draw. Use toys if you like. Open each answer after trying.

1. 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊 You eat 1 orange. How many oranges are left?

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Four. 5 take away 1 equals 4.

2. There are 8 fish. 3 fish swim away. How many fish are left?

Show answer

Five. 8 take away 3 equals 5.

3. You have 7 cents. You spend 2 cents. How many cents are left?

Show answer

5 cents. 7 cents take away 2 cents equals 5 cents.

4. There were 6 balloons. Now there are 4. How many balloons floated away?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 10

Show answer

(a) 2 balloons floated away.

Quick check

Try these three on your own first. An adult may read the words.

1. Five oranges. One is eaten. How many left?

Four
Five
Six

Show answer

Four. Five take away one equals four.

2. Six birds. Two fly away. How many left?

Two
Four
Eight

Show answer

Four. Six take away two equals four.

3. Seven pretend cents. Spend two cents. How much left?

Nine cents
Two cents
Five cents

Show answer

Five cents. Seven cents take away two cents equals five cents.

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Maths lesson 10: Taking Away within 10 — worksheet

Point, draw or tell an adult. Use real objects first.

Draw five circles. Cross out one. Count what is left.
Draw six birds. Cross out two that fly away. How many remain?
Draw seven pretend one-cent coins. Cross out two spent coins. Count what is left.

Maths words

Say these words with an adult. Can you use each one in a sentence?

take away · left · remove · remain · spend · fewer · equals

Try it at home

Put 6 toy fruits on a plate. Move 2 away. Ask: “How many are left?”
Play shop with 10 pretend cents. Spend some. How much is left?
Act it out with toys: 5 cars in the garage, 2 drive away. Say it: “5 take away 2 equals 3.”

For parents and teachers

After this lesson, your child should be able to:

start with up to ten objects, remove some and count those left
tell one take-away story in words using take away and left
solve one pretend-money take-away story with counters

Let your child move real things while taking away. The symbols for take away and equals come later, in Infants 2.

Accept pointing, speaking or communication aids. An adult can scribe. Observe the hands-on work as well as the Quick check; the badge records supported completion only.

Previous: Lesson 9
Next: Lesson 11: Quick Maths
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Updates

2026/11/11
– Restored four practice tasks and a separate Quick check.
– Added a worksheet-only print button and device-only completion progress.
– Kept the original games and credited photos; improved phone layout and parent guidance.
– Linked the next lesson, Lesson 11: Quick Maths.

2026/11/08
– Replaced written practice and quick check with four supported picture questions and a completion badge.
– Improved image sizing and caption readability on laptops and phones.

2026/11/03
– First version of this lesson.

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Putting Together: Adding within 10 – Infants 1 Maths

November 10, 2026November 11, 2026 Aven Brisail2 Comments

When we put two groups together, we add. Today we will join groups, count them all and tell number stories.

Join and count

Here are 3 mangoes and 2 mangoes. Put them together. Count them all: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

🥭🥭🥭 and 🥭🥭

There are 5 mangoes altogether.

Say the number story

We can say it in words: 3 add 2 equals 5. We can also say: 3 and 2 make 5.

When more things join, the group gets bigger.

Act it out

Four children are playing. Two more children come to play. How many children are playing now?

🧒👧🧒👧 and 👦👧

Act it out, use toys, or draw a picture. Then count them all. 4 add 2 equals 6.

Try it

TRY ITPut them together

Pick a game. Then tap your answer.

Let’s practise

Point, say or draw. Use toys if you like. Open each answer after trying.

1. 🍌🍌 and 🍌🍌🍌
How many bananas altogether?

Show answer

Five. 2 add 3 equals 5.

2. Ana has 4 marbles. Kofi gives her 3 more. How many marbles does Ana have now?

Show answer

Seven. 4 add 3 equals 7.

3. In our pretend shop, a toffee costs 2 cents. In our pretend shop, a sweet costs 5 cents. How many cents do you spend altogether?

Show answer

7 cents. 2 cents add 5 cents equals 7 cents.

4. Which number story matches 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔 and 🐔?
(a) 5 add 1 equals 6
(b) 4 add 1 equals 5
(c) 5 add 2 equals 7

Show answer

(a) 5 add 1 equals 6.

Quick check

Try these three on your own first. An adult may read the words.

1. Two mangoes and three mangoes. How many altogether?

Four
Five
Six

Show answer

Five. Count both groups: two add three equals five.

2. Four birds are joined by two more. How many now?

Two
Five
Six

Show answer

Six. Four add two equals six.

3. Two cents and five cents. How much altogether?

Three cents
Seven cents
Ten cents

Show answer

Seven cents. Two cents add five cents equals seven cents.

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Maths lesson 9: Putting Together: Adding within 10 — worksheet

Point, draw or tell an adult. Use real objects first.

Draw two circles. Draw three more. Count them altogether.
Draw four toys in one group and two in another. Join and count.
Draw a pretend two-cent price and a five-cent price. Say the total in words.

Maths words

Say these words with an adult. Can you use each one in a sentence?

add · join · altogether · and · make · equals · number story

Try it at home

Put 3 spoons and 2 forks on the table. Count them all together.
Tell a number story at lunch: “You have 2 slices of bread. I give you 1 more. How many now?”
Draw a picture of a number story, then say it in words: “4 add 2 equals 6.”

For parents and teachers

After this lesson, your child should be able to:

join two groups with a total up to ten and count all the objects
tell one joining story in words using add and altogether
solve one pretend-money joining story with counters

At this level we say and write adding stories in words only. The symbols for add and equals come later, in Infants 2.

Accept pointing, speaking or communication aids. An adult can scribe. Observe the hands-on work as well as the Quick check; the badge records supported completion only.

Previous: Lesson 8
Next: Lesson 10
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Updates

2026/11/08
– Replaced written practice and quick check with four supported picture questions and a completion badge.
– Improved image sizing and caption readability on laptops and phones.

2026/11/03
– First version of this lesson.

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Taking Away within 20 – Infants 2 Maths

October 4, 2026 Aven BrisailLeave a comment

When we take away, the group gets smaller. This is called subtraction. Today we take away from numbers up to 20.

Taking away

There are 8 birds on a wire. 3 birds fly away. How many are left?

🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦 ~~🐦🐦🐦~~

There are 5 birds left. We write: 8 − 3 = 5. We say: “eight minus three equals five”.

Count back on the number line

To work out 12 − 4, start at 12 and hop back 4 steps: 11, 10, 9, 8. So 12 − 4 = 8.

Finding the missing part

There are 10 children. 6 are girls. How many are boys? Count on from 6 to 10: seven, eight, nine, ten. That is 4 more. So 10 − 6 = 4.

Taking away everything

If 5 birds fly away from 5 birds, none are left. 5 − 5 = 0.

Taking away going down

  18
−  6
────
  12

Money and change

You have 20¢. You buy a sweet for 5¢. You have 20¢ − 5¢ = 15¢ left.

TRY ITNumber stories: taking away

Read the story. The crossed-out counters are taken away. Tap the answer.

Let’s practise

Try each one. Then tap Show answer to check.

1. 9 − 4 = ☐

Show answer

2. 15 − 5 = ☐

Show answer

3. 17 − 7 = ☐

Show answer

4. 14 − 6 = ☐

Show answer

5. Raj has 11 sweets. He eats 3. How many are left?

Show answer

8 sweets.

6. There are 12 eggs. 9 are brown. How many are white?

Show answer

3 eggs.

7. You have $20. You spend $10. How much is left?

Show answer

$10.

Quick check

1. What happens to a group when we take away?

Show answer

It gets smaller.

2. Make up a story for 10 − 2 = 8.

Show answer

Any story, for example: 10 mangoes were on the tree. 2 fell down. 8 are left on the tree.

3. 7 − 0 = ☐

Show answer

7. Taking away nothing leaves the same number.

Maths words

Say these words with a grown-up. Can you use each one in a sentence?

take away · minus (−) · subtract · left · fewer · difference · count back · none

Try it at home

Put 10 crackers on a plate. Eat some. How many are left? Say the number sentence.
Play skittles with plastic bottles. How many fell down? How many are still standing?
Tell a take-away story about the mango tree in your yard or a neighbour’s yard.

For parents and teachers

After this lesson, your child should be able to:

take away from groups up to 20 and say how many are left
find a missing part by counting on (for example 6 and how many make 10?)
count back on a number line
solve take-away problems told aloud, in pictures, with money, and written across or going down
write and make up subtraction number sentences and stories

Two kinds of problem are taught here: “take away” (some leave) and “missing part” (how many are the other kind?). Both are subtraction.

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Adding to 20 – Infants 2 Maths

October 4, 2026 Aven BrisailLeave a comment

When we put groups together, we add. Adding makes the group bigger. Today we add numbers up to 20.

Joining

There are 5 birds in a tree. 3 more birds fly in. How many birds are there now?

🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦 + 🐦🐦🐦

We can count on from 5: six, seven, eight. There are 8 birds.

5 + 3 = 8

We say: “five plus three equals eight”.

Two groups make a whole

Kai has 6 red marbles and 4 blue marbles. How many marbles does he have altogether? 6 + 4 = 10.

Hop on the number line

To add 9 + 4, start at 9 and hop 4 steps to the right: 10, 11, 12, 13. So 9 + 4 = 13.

Adding three numbers

3 + 2 + 5: first 3 + 2 = 5, then 5 + 5 = 10.

Adding going down

We can also write sums going down. Line up the numbers on the right.

  12
+  5
────
  17

Adding money

A mango costs 10¢ and a plum costs 5¢. Together they cost 10¢ + 5¢ = 15¢.

TRY ITNumber stories: adding

Read the story. Use the counters or the number line. Tap the answer.

Let’s practise

Try each one. Then tap Show answer to check.

1. 4 + 3 = ☐

Show answer

2. 8 + 6 = ☐

Show answer

3. 10 + 7 = ☐

Show answer

4. 2 + 5 + 3 = ☐

Show answer

5. Mia has 9 shells. She finds 5 more. How many shells now?

Show answer

14 shells. 9 + 5 = 14.

6. A pencil costs $5 and a book costs $10. How much altogether?

Show answer

$15.

7. 11 + 8 = ☐ (write it going down)

Show answer

19.

Quick check

1. What happens to a group when we add to it?

Show answer

It gets bigger.

2. Make up a story for 7 + 2 = 9.

Show answer

Any story, for example: 7 ducks were in the pond and 2 more came. Now there are 9 ducks.

3. 6 + 6 + 6 = ☐

Show answer

18.

Maths words

Say these words with a grown-up. Can you use each one in a sentence?

add · plus (+) · equals (=) · altogether · in all · more · total · count on · number sentence

Try it at home

Use bottle caps or beans to act out adding stories.
At the shop, add the prices of two small things.
Tell a grown-up an adding story. They write the number sentence. Then swap.

For parents and teachers

After this lesson, your child should be able to:

add by joining groups and by putting two parts together to make a whole
add two or three numbers with totals up to 20
count on and use a number line to add
solve adding problems told aloud, in pictures, with money, and written across or going down
write and make up addition number sentences and stories

Encourage counting on from the bigger number (for 3 + 9, start at 9) rather than counting everything from 1.

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