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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