October Math is a fun subtraction slideshow and video. Children start with 21 pumpkins. After several subtraction sentences (problems) they end with one and then none as the last little pumpkin finds a home. Link for video is https://youtu.be/rLW_o34SWf0

1. There were little
pumpkins sitting on a chair.
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2. pumpkins fell off
the chair. How many were left
sitting on the chair?
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3. 21 – 3 = 18 pumpkins
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4. There were little
pumpkins sitting on a chair.
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5. pumpkins and more
fell off the chair. How many were
left sitting on the chair?
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6. 18 – 4 = 14 pumpkins
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7. There were little
pumpkins sitting on a chair.
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8. pumpkins and
more fell off the chair. How many were
left sitting on the chair?
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9. 14 – 6 = 8 pumpkins
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10. .
There were little
pumpkins sitting on a chair.
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11. pumpkins and
more fell off the chair. How many were
left sitting on the chair?
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12. 8 – 7 = 1 pumpkin

13. There was lonely little
pumpkin sitting on a chair.
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14. Then there were none as the
little pumpkin found a home.
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