Question

There are $8$ candies in total. The number of yellow candies is $3$, and the rest are pink. How many pink candies are there?

• A. $6$
• B. $5$
• C. $10$
• D. $4$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $5$

Say: The total number of candies is given, out of which a few are yellow.

Ask:
What is the total number of candies?
Ans: $8$

What is the number of the yellow candies?
Ans: $3$

How many pink candies are there?
Ans: $5$

How did you find the answer?
Ans: By subtracting the smaller number, i.e. $3$, from the greater number, i.e. $8$. We get a difference of $5$.

Hence, Option C is correct.

WB: If required, use the whiteboard to represent the total number of candies using counters on a number frame. Then cross out the number of yellow candies as shown and write the subtraction equation.

Probing Q: Can we subtract a bigger number from a smaller number? Why?
A: Subtracting a bigger number from a smaller number will result in a negative answer, since we are taking away more than what we started with.