Sheep Subtraction Renaming
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Sheep Subtraction Renaming
🐑 Instructions
Today you will solve subtraction word problems using renaming (borrowing).
Read each problem carefully, then solve using the three-step subtraction method with renaming. Show your working in the space provided.
Remember: When subtracting, if a digit is too small, you need to rename (borrow) from the next place value!
🐑 Problem 1
Piripi had 256 sheep. 3 flocks of sheep, each with 47 sheep, left to new pastures. How many sheep does Piripi have now?
Answer: _________ sheep
🐑 Problem 2
Honor's farm had 312 sheep. 129 sheep were sold, and another 45 were moved to a neighbouring farm. How many sheep are left?
Answer: _________ sheep
🐑 Problem 3
A stock truck came to pick up 194 sheep for market. Before the stock truck arrived, there were 483 sheep on the farm. How many sheep stayed behind?
Answer: _________ sheep
🐑 Problem 4
Mckenzie counted 362 sheep in the yards. By afternoon, 47 sheep had escaped through a broken fence. At night, another 36 sheep escaped. How many sheep remain?
Answer: _________ sheep
🐑 Problem 5
There were 528 sheep in three paddocks. One paddock had 187 sheep taken for shearing, another paddock had 149 sheep moved to the sale yards, and 83 sheep were lost. How many sheep remain?
Answer: _________ sheep
🐑 Problem 6
Clementine's farm had 465 sheep. She sold 134 and had 108 given to a cousin. How many does Clementine have now?
Answer: _________ sheep
🤔 Reflection
Which problem was the most challenging for you? Explain why.
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