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Subtraction Strategy Practice
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Subtraction Strategy Practice
Choose a strategy that helps you subtract. Show your working for the word problems and strategy questions.
Choose the answer
1.What is 82 − 36?
- 46
- 54
- 56
- 44
2.What is 71 − 28?
- 43
- 53
- 49
- 47
3.What is 90 − 57?
- 43
- 33
- 37
- 47
4.What is 65 − 19?
- 54
- 44
- 46
- 56
Solve the problems
5.Chloe has 63 shells and gives 28 to her cousin. How many shells does Chloe have left?
6.A box holds 74 coloured pencils. If 39 pencils are taken out, how many remain?
7.A book costs $86. Anh pays with $100. How much change should he receive?
8.There are 92 people at a sports game. At half-time, 37 people leave. How many people are still there?
Try different subtraction strategies
9.Use jumps on the number line to work out 68 − 34. Write the answer.
10.Split 26 into tens and ones, then solve 81 − 26.
11.Use compensation to solve 73 − 29. Think of 29 as 30 − 1.
12.Start at 96 and jump back 40, then 8. What number do you land on?
Match each subtraction to its answer
Write the correct answer beside each subtraction.
13.Match each calculation to its answer.
- 64 − 18
- 52 − 23
- 80 − 34
- 71 − 34
- 46
- 29
- 37
- 46
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