Not Borrowing
456 − 234=
222
431 − 256=
175
402 − 187=
215
When subtracting, you start in the ones place.
True
You have 456 stickers and give away 123. How many do you have left?
333 Stickers
789 − 567=
222
502 − 178=
324
500 − 268=
232
If the top number is smaller than the bottom number in a column, you may need to borrow.
True
A store had 732 toys. They sold 248. How many toys are left?
484 toys
678 − 345=
333
640 − 285=
355
603 − 279=
When you borrow, you take 1 from the tens place and it becomes 1 in the ones place.
False! (It becomes 10 ones)
There were 605 books in a library. 289 were checked out. How many remain?
316 books
864 − 432=
432
703 − 468=
235
704 − 386=
318
You only ever need to borrow once in a subtraction problem.
False
A library had 682 books. They loaned out 145 books on Monday and 128 books on Tuesday. How many books are left in the library?
682 − 145 = 537
537 − 128 = 409 books
975 − 643=
332
900 − 457=
443
900 − 478=
422
In 402 − 187, you must borrow across the zero to subtract correctly.
True
A school had 945 pencils in storage. They gave 236 pencils to one class and 189 pencils to another class. How many pencils are left?
945 − 236 = 709
709 − 189 = 520 pencils