Subtraction

Example: Find the difference between 5676 and 3213.

Solution:

Step 1

Write the given numbers in the columns of thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones

Step 2

Subtract ones, 6 ones – 3 ones = 3 ones.

Step 3

Subtract tens, 7 tens – 1 ten = 6 tens.

Step 4

Subtract hundreds, 6 hundreds – 2 hundreds = 4 hundreds

Step 5

Add thousands, 5 thousands – 3 thousands = 2 thousands

Subtraction

Example: Subtract 4936 from 9253.

Solution:

Step 1

Write the given numbers in the columns of thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones.

Step 2

Subtract ones, 3 ones - 6 ones is not possible, we will carry a ten from tens side so, 13 - 6 = 7

Step 3

Subtract tens, 4 tens – 3 tens = 1 ten.

Step 4

Subtract hundreds, 2 hundreds - 9 hundreds is not possible, we will carry a thousand from thousands side so, 1 thousand and 2 hundreds – 9 hundreds = 3 hundreds

Step 5

Subtract thousands, 8 thousands – 4 thousands = 4 thousands.

Subtraction

Example:

William has 16 goats in his farm. He sold 5 goats. How many goats were left on his farm?

Solution:

William has 16 goats, He sold 5 goats.

 Number of goats left:

William has 11 goats left in his farm.

Example:

Lucy had 148 sweets. She gave away 35 sweets. How many sweets were left?

Solution:

Lucy has 148 sweets

She gave away 35 sweets.

Number of sweets left

There were 113 sweets left.

Subtraction

properties of subtraction

Property 1: When 0 is subtracted from a number, the difference is the number itself.

For example: 7217 - 0 = 7217

Property 2: When a number is subtracted from itself, the difference is always 0.

For example: 3425 - 3425 = 0