Let's solve 5 - 9 in a fun way! 😄 1. Imagine you have 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 (5 apples). 2. Now, you want to take away 9 apples, but you only have 5! 😮 3. So, you need 4 more apples to make 9. Let's add 4 apples: ➕ = 4. So, 5 - 9 is like 5 minus 9 apples, which means you go 4 apples below zero. 5. The answer is -4! That means you owe 4 apples. Great job! 🎉 5 - 9 = $-4$