Subtraction
Estimate Differences
Subtract Across Zeros
100
Align, subtract, and check


562-287

275

100

Align, round to the nearest ten, and subtract.

426-218

430 - 220 = 210

100

Align, subtract, and check

500 - 263

237

200
Align, subtract, and check


811-724

87

200

Align, use front end estimation, and subtract. 

843-376

800 - 300 = 500

200

Align, subtract, and check

700 - 489

211

300

Hadley has $115, and Lucy has $262. Together, they buy concert tickets that cost $184 total. How much money do they have after buying the tickets?

115 + 262 = 377

377 - 184 = 193

300

Align, round to the nearest hundred, and subtract.

762 - 439

800 - 400 = 400

300

Align, subtract, and check

902 - 629

273

400

Rowan and Annabelle want to collect 650 Pokemon cards. On Monday, they collected 129. On Tuesday, they collected 298. How many more Pokemon cards do they need to collect?

129 + 298 = 427

650 - 427 = 223

400

Align, round to the nearest hundred, and subtract

549 - 277

500 - 300 = 200

400

Ryder is playing a video game and has 900 coins. He spends 384 coins on a new house and 213 coins on a new car. How many coins does he have left?

384 + 213 = 597

900 - 597 = 303

500

Laine has $513 and wants to buy a new video game system. 

An Xbox costs $600, a Playstation costs $500, and a Nintendo Switch costs $550.

Which video game system can she already afford? How much money does she need to get the two other systems?

She can already afford the Playstation.

She would need $87 more to get the Xbox and $37 more to afford the Switch

500

Max bought a Star Wars Lego set that had 378 Lego pieces in it. Then, he bought Minecraft Lego set that had 289 pieces in it. About how many more pieces did the Star Wars Lego set have than the Minecraft Lego set to the nearest ten?

380 - 290 = 90

500

Reagan bought her cat 808 cat treats from the pet store. One day, she gave her cat 99 cat treats. The next day, she gave her cat another 99 cat treats. How many cat treats does she have left? 

99 + 99 = 198

808 - 198 = 610