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Grade 2 · Subtraction

Community flowerpots: subtract from a larger collection

At a community garden, 126 flowerpots are available and 12 are taken away. Change the controls and explain what the animation reveals.

Predict what will happen, press Play, then pause and explain what changed. Every control also works without playback.

Watch the relationship

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Community flowerpots: subtract from a larger collection. Removed so far: 0. Left now: 126. Left at the end: 114126 − 0 = 1260126126left nowRemaining + removed = the original whole.
The quantities are invented for this investigation. Controls change the model rather than real-world records. Displayed decimals are rounded; whole-number counts are exact.

Starts paused. Play once, pause anywhere, or use Step to inspect the mathematics. Playback stops when this panel leaves the screen.

Make it your experiment

Change one value. Notice what follows.

The controls adjust the model. Numbers below describe the current frame. Decimals are rounded.

Removed so far
0
Left now
126
Left at the end
114

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From experiment to screen.

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Understand what you are seeing

The idea behind the motion.

At a community garden, 126 flowerpots are available and 12 are taken away. Subtraction separates an original whole into the removed part and the remaining part. The remaining quantity must be counted after the removal, not by recounting the crossed-out objects. At the end, 114 remain. Adding back the removed 12 reconstructs the original 126.

A relationship to keep

126 − 12 = 114

Read the symbols alongside the explanation. A diagram shows the relationship; the assumptions tell you when it applies.

  1. STEP 1

    Read the starting situation

    At a community garden, 126 flowerpots are available and 12 are taken away. Identify what each number measures before changing a control; the worked example refers to these starting values.

  2. STEP 2

    Follow the mathematical change

    Move the timeline to increase the removed amount. The pale or crossed-out section records what has left; the colored section records what remains. Pause on an intermediate frame and compare the picture with the live readouts.

  3. STEP 3

    Explain and test the relationship

    At the end, 114 remain. Adding back the removed 12 reconstructs the original 126. Change one input, predict its effect, and test whether the same relationship still works.

Your turn to explain

Make a prediction. Test your reasoning.

Community flowerpots: use the original situation. At a community garden, 126 flowerpots are available and 12 are taken away. Return one removed object when possible. What remains then?

Use the values specified in the question. Reset restores the initial values for this investigation.

Compare your explanation

115 remain: 126 − (12 − 1) = 115.

Work through a full lesson

Connect the animation to a worked example and practice questions.

Grade 2 · Algebra

Exchange a ten to subtract

Rename a ten as ten ones before subtracting.