Question

If I have 4 apples and my sister took 1 of them, how many apples are left?

Answer 1

3 apples

Explanation:

We can figure this out and we don't need apples nor a sister. Maybe use coins or little pieces of paper. I'm going to write this using M&Ms.

Take four M&Ms and lay them out on a table. And then take one and eat it. How many are left? Three.

We can write that as:

`4-1=3`

(Side note - you can do this with all your favourite snack foods. How can it be bad for you if you are doing math while eating???)