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The Basic Skills<br />

Addition:<br />

These are word clues that tell you to add.<br />

• altogether<br />

• in all<br />

• together<br />

• increase<br />

• total/sum<br />

How much do you have altogether<br />

How many in all<br />

Together how much do you have<br />

What increase does that show<br />

What is the sum or total amount<br />

Subtraction:<br />

Subtraction problems ask for what is left after something is taken away. They<br />

may also ask for how much greater one number is from another.<br />

Sometimes these words are used:<br />

• difference<br />

• remainder<br />

What is the difference<br />

How many are left over<br />

• increase/decrease by<br />

• reduce by<br />

• less/more<br />

• smaller<br />

• larger<br />

• farther<br />

How much less or how much more<br />

How much smaller<br />

How much larger<br />

How much farther<br />

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<strong>Simply</strong> <strong>Math</strong> Workbook

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