Borrowing and Subtracting Practice

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🔎 Part 1: Understanding Borrowing

Why we borrow: When subtracting by columns, if a digit in the top (minuend) is smaller than the digit below it (subtrahend), we cannot subtract directly. We "borrow" 1 from the next left column (which is worth 10 of the current column) to make the top digit large enough to subtract. This is also called regrouping.

1. Which subtraction problem will require borrowing in the ones column?

86 − 34

52 − 29

70 − 25

2. When you borrow 1 ten to the ones place, how many ones do you add to the ones column?

3. Check all statements that are true about borrowing:

You borrow from the column immediately to the left.

You add 10 to the smaller digit in the current column when you borrow one from the left.

You can borrow from any column, not necessarily the one next to it.

✏️ Part 2: Practice Problems (Show Your Work)

4. 732 − 489 =

5. 605 − 278 =

6. 1,204 − 678 =

7. A baker had 500 muffins. He sold 367. How many muffins are left?

8. $200 − $173 = (Write the dollar amount left)

9. 4,000 − 2,589 =

10. Explain one subtraction above where you had to borrow more than once. Which columns did you borrow from and why?

Borrowing and Subtracting Practice

Borrowing and Subtracting Practice

🔎 Part 1: Understanding Borrowing

✏️ Part 2: Practice Problems (Show Your Work)

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