7

6

1

2

3

4

5

2

1

The difference is 5.

The red tower has 5 more blocks

The difference between 2 and 7 is 5

What is the difference between

8 and 5?

7

6

1

2

3

4

5

8 5

4

32

1 The

difference between 8 and 5 is 3

There are 3 more red blocks.

6

1

2

3

4

5

2

1

What is the difference

between 2 and 6?

The difference

is 4

There are 4 more green blocks

9

678

43

5

12

1

What is thedifference

between 9 and 1?

The difference between 9 and 1 is

8

There are 8 more yellow blocks

12

91011

8

7

6

5

2

3

4

1

5

3

4

2

1

What is thedifference

between 5 and 12?

Thedifference

between 5 and 12 is 7There are 7 more

green blocks.

10 9 58 7 6 1234

4 3 2 1

What is the difference between4 and 10?

The difference is 6

There are 6 more yellow blocks

Now try these…..

6 5 4 3 2 1

2 1

The difference between 6 and 2

is 4

11

7 56 4 23910 8 1

8 7 4 3 26 5 1

The difference between 8 and 11

is3

Can you think of any other ways to find

thedifference?

Count on from the smaller number

Take the smaller

number away from the

bigger number