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About this game
Taking-away problems: a free Pre-K math game for ages 4-5. Each round draws 5 questions; instructions are read aloud and every answer is checked and explained.
Who kept the carrots, and who gave some away? Taking-away problems is a Pre-K game where that question decides the answer. Each story sounds like this: Sami has 9 carrots and gives 3 to Leah. It is read aloud over a picture of all the carrots, and your child taps how many Sami has left, out of four numbers. Five stories make a round. A hint suggests hiding the given ones under a finger, and every answer is checked and explained: 9 take away 3 leaves 6.
Subtraction starts as a story like this one. A whole group comes first, a part leaves, and the answer is the part that stays. Each story holds three numbers. Only two are ever said aloud, and the answer is the third one.
Listen for a tap on 3, the number Sami gave away. It is the last number your child heard, and it sits among the choices on every card. Ask, "Is that what Sami gave, or what Sami kept?" Then name the thinking: "You kept track of who had what."