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Subtracting with Borrowing Practice
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Subtracting with Borrowing Practice
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice (Choose the best answer)
1. What is 73 − 58?
15
25
13
12
2. What is 402 − 185?
217
197
207
227
3. What is 1,000 − 647?
353
363
343
333
4. What is 500 − 278?
222
232
212
202
✏️ Part 2: Solve and Explain (Show your borrowing steps)
5. Solve 624 − 387. Show each step. (Tip: Circle the digit you borrow from.)
6. Solve 1,203 − 789. Write vertical work and show borrowing across zeros.
7. Find the missing digit: 4?0 − 278 = 152. What is the missing digit? Explain how you found it.
8. Word problem: Maya had $520. She bought books for $287 and a jacket for $96. How much money does she have left? Show your steps.
9. In your own words, explain what happens to the digit you borrow from (for example, when borrowing 1 ten from the tens place). Give a one-line example.
10. Estimation check: Round 624 and 387 to the nearest ten, subtract, and write the estimate. Does the estimate make sense compared to your exact answer?
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