Common Core: 1.OA.A.1
Problem 11 of 27g1-011
Zoe has 9 balloons. 4 fly away. How many balloons are left?
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- Zoe has 9 balloons. Let us count them: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
- Whoosh! 4 balloons fly away: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- Count the balloons that are left: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 9 take away 4 is 5.
- Count the balloons that stay, not the ones that flew away. Well done!