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Vertical Subtraction Setup Practice

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Vertical Subtraction Setup Practice

Vertical subtraction illustration

🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To set out subtraction vertically

Success Criteria:

✓ I can line up numbers by place value
✓ I can put the larger number on top
✓ I can use column headings (TH H T O)

📝 Model Examples

Example 1: How to set out 347 - 99

  TH  H   T   O
         3   4   7
    -      9   9
    _________

Example 2: How to set out 5462 - 999

  TH  H   T   O
    5   4   6   2
    -  9   9   9
    _________

✏️ Your Turn: Set Out These Subtractions

1. Set out 456 - 78 vertically with column headings:
2. Set out 623 - 99 vertically with column headings:
3. Set out 3247 - 999 vertically with column headings:
4. Set out 582 - 97 vertically with column headings:
5. Challenge: Set out 4156 - 998 vertically with column headings:

🤔 Check Your Understanding

6. Which number should go on top in a subtraction?

The smaller number

The larger number

It doesn't matter

7. What do the letters TH H T O stand for?
8. Extension: Write your own subtraction that rounds to 100 and set it out vertically:

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