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Column Subtraction Mastery

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Column Subtraction Mastery

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🎯 WALT: Use column subtraction methods for larger numbers involving regrouping

Success Criteria - I can:

✓ Explain the steps in column subtraction
✓ Use regrouping when needed
✓ Subtract accurately using the column method
✓ Check my answers make sense

📊 Part 1: Column Subtraction Practice

1. Solve these column subtraction problems. Show your working in the boxes below:

a) 4,235 - 1,478 = ________

b) 6,042 - 2,795 = ________

2. Circle the problems that will need regrouping:

847 - 523

902 - 456

735 - 281

5,000 - 2,347

3. Complete this subtraction using the column method:

8,503 - 4,786 = ________

💰 Part 2: Real-World Problems

4. A school has $8,450 in their sports fund. They spend $3,275 on new equipment. How much money is left?

First I looked at the ________ column...

Answer: $________

5. The distance from Auckland to Wellington is 644 kilometres. Sarah has driven 387 kilometres. How many more kilometres does she need to drive?

Answer: ________ kilometres

6. Extension Challenge: Solve this decimal subtraction:

15.75 - 8.96 = ________

🧠 Part 3: Explain Your thinking

7. Look at this subtraction: 7,001 - 3,456

Explain why regrouping is needed for this problem:

8. Check this answer: Does 5,432 - 2,187 = 3,245?

Yes, this is correct

No, there is a mistake

Show your working to prove your answer:

9. Multi-step Challenge: A library had 9,876 books. They donated 1,234 books to another school and then bought 567 new books. How many books do they have now?

Step 1: ________________

Step 2: ________________

Final Answer: ________ books

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