This Spanish for Educators lesson focuses on using the keywords to explain addition and subtraction in Spanish: SUMAS Y RESTAS. This lesson is helpful for educators that need to teach basic math skills in elementary school and need the vocabulary to teach all about addition and subtraction in Spanish.
Su reto profesional: Explique cómo hacer una suma o una resta en español.
Here is Spanish lesson all about addiction and subtraction in Spanish I taught to the Facebook group:
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Los signos matemáticos | Mathematical Signs
Palabras claves de sumar | Keywords for Addition
| Vocabulario | Vocabulary |
| La suma | Addition or the sum |
| Más | More |
| En total | In total |
Todo junto  | All together |
| ¿Cuántos / cuántas? | How many |
| Hay | There is / there are |
| Ecuación | Equation |
Verbos claves de sumar | Key Verbs for Addition
| Verbos | Verbs |
| Agregar | Add |
| Juntar | Gather, combine |
| Añadir | Add |
| Incrementar | Increase |
| Aumentar | Increase |
| Combinar | Combine |
| Dar / regalar | Give |
Ejemplo
| Resuelve el problema. Muestra los cálculos. Puede usar dibujos, números o palabras. | Solve the problem. Show the calculations. You can use drawings, numbers or words. |
| Hay 5 perros en el parque. Luego llegan 4 más. ¿Cuántos perros hay en total? | There are 5 dogs in the park. Then 4 more arrive. How many dogs are there in total? |
| Rosa tiene 2 manzanas. Ann tiene 5. Roberto tiene 3. ¿Cuántas manzanas hay en total? | Rosa has 2 apples. Ann has 5. Roberto has 3. How many apples are there in total? |
Palabras claves de restar | Keywords for Subtraction
| Vocabulario | Vocabulary |
| La resta | Subtraction |
| La diferencia es | The difference |
| Menos – Menor | Less than, – fewer, smaller |
| Más corto | Shorter |
| ¿Cuántos más? | How many more |
| Ecuación | Equation |
Verbos claves de restar | Key Verbs for Subtraction
| Verbos | Verbs |
| Quitar | To take away |
| Perder | Lose |
| Gastar | Spend |
| Separar | Separate |
| Faltar | Lack |
| Quedar | Remain |
| Reducir | Reduce, decrease |
| Regalar | Give |
Ejemplo
| Resuelve el problema. Muestra los cálculos. Puede usar dibujos, números o palabras. | Solve the problem. Show the calculations. You can use drawings, numbers or words. |
| Eliana tiene 9 mariposas y regala 5 a sus amigos. ¿Cuántas quedan? | Eliana has 9 butterflies and gives 5 to her friends. How many are left? |
| Anna Sofia tiene 10 flores en la canasta. Pero necesita 35. ¿Cuántas faltan? | Anna Sofia has 10 flowers in the basket. But she needs 35. How many are missing? |
Verbos
| Sumar | Add |
| Restar | Subtract |
| Resolver | Solve |
| Mostrar | Show |
| Usar | Use |
| Contar | Count |
| Probar | Prove |
| Calcular | Calculate |
