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# Carrots for the Soup

Math story 35 · Subtraction · Grade 1 · 0:35

## Read the story

Mama and Papa are cooking carrot soup.

There are 20 carrots in the basket. They take 8 carrots for the soup.

The chick checks the garden for more carrots.

**How many carrots are still in the basket?**

## Answer and working

There are 12 carrots left! Because 20 minus 8 is 12.

`20 − 8 = 12`