Let’s say you have 8 apples, but you eat 3 of them. If you want to know how many apples you have left, you can use subtraction. In this case, the minuend is 8 (the total number of apples you had) and the subtrahend is 3 (the number of apples you ate). By subtracting 3 from 8, you find the difference: 8 – 3 = 5. So, you have 5 apples left after eating 3 of them. Remember, subtraction is a way of finding the difference between two numbers or taking away a quantity from a starting amount.