Academic Langauge

Subtraction

 

Difference- the answer to a subtraction problem. For example, the difference between 10 and 8 is 2.  Can you find the difference between 15 and 8? What is the difference between 32 and 25? 

 

Comparing objects - is when you are trying to find the difference between two objects? For example, if Suzy has 12 cents and Beth has 18, how much more does Beth have? This morning it was 56 degrees, how it is only 25 degrees. How much colder is it now?