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Advanced Subtraction with Regrouping

Subtract carefully. Estimate the word-problem answers first, then show your working using place value columns.

Subtract using regrouping

Set out each calculation in columns. Check your answer with an estimate.

1.Work out 7,302 − 4,586.

Thousands

Hundreds

Tens

Ones

Regrouping notes

2.Calculate 14,000 − 6,758.

3.Find the difference between 32,401 and 18,976.

4.Solve 60,000 − 27,849.

Subtraction in everyday situations

Write a sensible estimate before calculating exactly. Include the correct unit in each answer.

5.A community group has $9,600 to improve a park. It spends $3,275 on a new barbecue and $2,648 on picnic tables. How much money remains? Give an estimate first, then calculate the exact amount.

6.A walking track is 3,450 metres long. Ruby-Mae has walked 2,685 metres. Estimate, then work out how many metres she still has to walk.

7.A delivery van is scheduled to travel 15,200 kilometres this month. It has already travelled 9,875 kilometres. Estimate, then calculate how many kilometres are left to travel.

Make and explain a challenge

Create your own subtraction challenge and think about how regrouping works across zeroes.

8.Write a subtraction calculation using two four- or five-digit numbers. It must need regrouping in at least three place-value columns. Solve it and show your working.

9.Use the subtraction calculation you created to write a short real-life problem. Include enough information for someone else to solve it.

10.Explain one useful thing to remember when regrouping in a subtraction calculation that has zeroes.