The Singing Hedgehog Guide to:
Subtraction 1

    Here is a subtraction question:

                          - t u
                          - 3 4
                          - 1 8

    We CANNOT take away four from eight.
    Hedgehog has 4 sweets. Can we take 8 of them?

    Obviously not! We need to borrow some more.



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