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Column Subtraction with Borrowing

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Column Subtraction with Borrowing

Column subtraction with place value blocks

🎯 WALT & Success Criteria

WALT: Subtract numbers using the column method, including the borrowing process.

Success Criteria:

I can identify when borrowing is needed (when the top digit is smaller)

I can complete column subtraction problems accurately

I can explain the borrowing steps using place value language

📚 Part 1: Understanding Borrowing

1. Look at this subtraction: 43 - 27. Why do we need to borrow?

Because 3 is smaller than 7

Because 4 is smaller than 2

Because we always borrow in subtraction

2. When we borrow 1 ten, how many ones do we get?

1 one

10 ones

100 ones

3. Complete this borrowing example:

3 4

- 1 8

____

Step 1: 4 - 8 = Can't do! So borrow 1 ten.

Step 2: 14 - 8 = ____

Step 3: 2 - 1 = ____

Answer: ____

✏️ Part 2: Practice Problems

4. Solve these column subtraction problems. Show your borrowing work:

a) 5 2

- 2 6

____

b) 7 1

- 3 5

____

c) 6 0

- 2 8

____

5. Extension Challenge: Try this three-digit problem:

1 3 2

- 5 8

____

6. Explain in your own words: What does "borrowing" mean in subtraction?
7. Real-life problem: Sarah had 83 stickers. She gave away 47 stickers to her friends. How many stickers does she have left?

8 3

- 4 7

____

Answer: Sarah has ____ stickers left.

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