Addition, Subtraction, and Numbers in Scripture
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This workbook uses the 4Rs Method to help your child learn math concepts through a biblical lens.
Yahuah is a God of order. He created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th. Addition is putting things together.
If Yahuah made the sun and moon on Day 4, and then made fish and birds on Day 5, how many days of creating life is that? Let's count!
1 sun + 1 moon = lights
3 days + 4 days = days
When we add, the number gets bigger. We use the + sign.
1. What sign do we use for adding?
☐ - ☐ + ☐ =
2. 2 birds + 2 fish = ?
☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5
True or False:
3. Adding makes the number smaller. ☐ True ☐ False
4. Yahuah created everything in 6 days. ☐ True ☐ False
Draw 3 trees and 2 flowers. How many plants are there in total?
Go to your room. Count how many shoes you have. Add your shoes + your parents' shoes. How many shoes total?
When Noah loaded the clean animals onto the Ark, they went in by sevens, but the unclean animals went in by twos (Genesis 7:9). Let's practice adding by twos!
Imagine two lions walk on. Then two bears walk on. How many animals?
2 + 2 =
Then two elephants walk on!
4 + 2 =
This is called skip counting.
1. 2 + 2 + 2 = ?
☐ 4 ☐ 6 ☐ 8
2. If two monkeys join two tigers, how many animals?
☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
True or False:
3. Unclean animals went on the ark by twos. ☐ True ☐ False
4. 5 + 2 = 8. ☐ True ☐ False
Draw the Ark with 2 giraffes and 2 zebras walking in.
Find pairs of socks in your house. Count them by twos: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10!
Yahuah gave Moses 10 Commandments on stone tablets. The number 10 is very important. Let's find different ways to make the number 10.
If you have 5 fingers on one hand and 5 on the other, that makes 10!
5 + 5 = 10
9 + 1 =
8 + 2 =
7 + 3 =
1. What number do we get if we add 6 + 4?
☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11
2. How many Commandments were on the stone tablets?
☐ 5 ☐ 10 ☐ 12
True or False:
3. 10 + 0 = 10. ☐ True ☐ False
4. 3 + 3 = 10. ☐ True ☐ False
Draw two stone tablets. Put 5 lines on one and 5 lines on the other.
Use your fingers to show your parents different ways to make 10. (Example: hold up 4 fingers on one hand and 6 on the other).
Subtraction means taking something away. We use the - sign.
Remember the story of Gideon? He had too many soldiers. Yahuah told him to send some home. He subtracted them!
If you have 10 coins and you give 1 away to the poor, how many do you have left?
10 - 1 =
If you have 5 loaves of bread and eat 2, how many are left?
5 - 2 =
1. What sign do we use for subtraction?
☐ + ☐ - ☐ =
2. 8 - 4 = ?
☐ 2 ☐ 4 ☐ 6
True or False:
3. Subtraction makes the number bigger. ☐ True ☐ False
4. 3 - 3 = 0. ☐ True ☐ False
Draw 5 apples. Then draw an X over 2 of them. How many are left without an X?
Get 10 small items (beans, coins, toys). Practice taking some away and counting what is left.
Jacob (Israel) had 12 sons. These became the 12 tribes of Israel. Let's practice adding bigger numbers up to 20.
If there are 10 sheep in one field and 2 sheep in another, how many sheep?
10 + 2 =
If Joseph has 11 brothers and 1 sister (Dinah), how many children is that?
11 + 1 =
15 + 5 =
1. 10 + 5 = ?
☐ 12 ☐ 15 ☐ 20
2. 12 + 0 = ?
☐ 0 ☐ 12 ☐ 13
True or False:
3. Jacob had 10 sons. ☐ True ☐ False
4. 19 + 1 = 20. ☐ True ☐ False
Draw 12 stars (like in Joseph's dream!).
Count to 20 out loud. Then try to count backwards from 20 to 1!
Let's use math to solve stories from the Bible.
Story 1: David picked up 5 smooth stones. He used 1 stone to defeat Goliath. How many stones did he have left?
5 - 1 =
Story 2: A boy had 5 loaves and 2 fish. How many items of food did he have?
5 + 2 =
Story 3: There were 10 lepers. Yahusha healed them all. Only 1 came back to say thank you. How many did NOT say thank you?
10 - 1 =
1. In Story 1, did we add or subtract?
☐ Add (+) ☐ Subtract (-)
2. In Story 2, did we add or subtract?
☐ Add (+) ☐ Subtract (-)
True or False:
3. David had 4 stones left. ☐ True ☐ False
4. 9 lepers did not say thank you. ☐ True ☐ False
Draw the 5 loaves and 2 fish.
Make up your own math story using your toys. Tell it to your parents and have them solve it!
Lesson 1: 2 lights, 7 days. 1. +, 2. 4, 3. False, 4. True
Lesson 2: 4, 6. 1. 6, 2. 4, 3. True, 4. False
Lesson 3: 10, 10, 10. 1. 10, 2. 10, 3. True, 4. False
Lesson 4: 9, 3. 1. -, 2. 4, 3. False, 4. True
Lesson 5: 12, 12, 20. 1. 15, 2. 12, 3. False (he had 12), 4. True
Lesson 6: 4, 7, 9. 1. Subtract, 2. Add, 3. True, 4. True