Boat Subtraction

Have the kids join the boat and the captain asks for some kids to dive into the ocean. Create a number sentence to match.

Today you are a boat challenger. There always need to be 5 left in your boat. How many different equations can you think of so that the answer is left with 5 still on your boat?

Get off my boat.

Today you are a boat challenger. There always need to be 5 left in your boat. How many different equations can you think of so that the answer is left with 5 still on your boat?

See how many equations you can think of.

Enabling: Use numbers to 10.

Extending: Use two digit numbers.

Extending two: Your number you are left with each time is 14. How many different equations can you think of?