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Make sure you line up the numbers. The units columns must be in a vertical line. (The numbers MUST end at the same point.)
745
- 63
Start by subtracting the units column.
The 5 is larger than the 3 so there is no need to borrow.
745
- 63
2
In the ten's column we cannot take 6 away from 4. Since 100 is the same
as ten 10's we borrow one of the 100's leaving 6 for the hundred's column.
Since we already have 4 tens, that plus the ten we borrowed now makes 14
tens for the ten's column. Now the 6 ten's taken away from the 14 tens
leaves 8 in the tens column.
614
Subtracting is really simple,
just don't forget how to borrow!
5859 + 774 Solution 715 5 |