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Two-Digit Subtraction Strategies
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Two-Digit Subtraction Strategies
Solve each problem. You can use place value, break apart a number, count up, or make a friendly number. Show your thinking where space is provided.
Subtraction practice
1.Find 86 − 24.
2.Find 71 − 36.
3.Find 94 − 51.
4.Find 62 − 27.
Choose a strategy
5.What is 73 − 46? Choose the correct difference.
- 27
- 37
- 29
- 33
6.Use the number line to show one way to count up from 38 to 64. Then state the difference, 64 − 38.
7.Nia says 82 − 39 can be worked out as 82 − 40 + 1. Explain whether her method is correct, and find the difference.
8.Match each subtraction problem to its difference.
- 75 − 28
- 68 − 32
- 91 − 44
- 57 − 32
- 25
- 47
- 36
- 47
Strategy challenge
9.Find 76 − 49 by thinking of the number that must be added to 49 to make 76. Show the addition steps.
10.Break 42 into tens and ones to solve 88 − 42. What is the difference?
11.Find 67 − 29 by subtracting 30 and then adjusting your answer.
12.Find 83 − 57. Show how you worked it out.
13.A library cart has 72 books on it. After 38 books are placed on the shelves, how many books remain on the cart?
14.Make up your own two-digit subtraction problem with a positive answer, then solve it using a strategy you choose.
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