There are 6 blue cats and 4 red cats. How many more blue cats than red cats are there?

To find out how many more blue cats there are than red cats, you subtract the number of red cats from the number of blue cats:

\[
6 - 4 = 2
\]

There are 2 more blue cats than red cats.

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Here are 5 related questions:
1. If there were 3 more red cats, how many more blue cats than red cats would there be?
2. What is the total number of cats?
3. If you doubled the number of blue cats, how many blue cats would there be?
4. How many red cats would you need to have an equal number of blue and red cats?
5. If 2 blue cats joined the red cats, how many red cats would there be?

**Tip:** When comparing two quantities, subtraction helps to find the difference between them.

Learn how to calculate the difference between 6 blue cats and 4 red cats using subtraction. This problem involves basic arithmetic concepts and is suitable for early elementary students in Grades 1-2.

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