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Split Method Subtraction Worksheet
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Split Method Subtraction Worksheet
Use place value to split numbers into hundreds, tens and ones. Show your steps for written problems, and check subtraction by adding the difference to the number taken away.
Warm-up: Place Value and Subtraction
1.What is 64 − 28?
- 36
- 46
- 32
- 42
2.Which expression splits 257 into hundreds, tens and ones?
- 200 + 50 + 7
- 250 + 7
- 200 + 57
- 20 + 50 + 7
3.Find 300 − 86.
- 214
- 224
- 286
- 204
4.A subtraction gives 96 when 47 is taken away. Which addition checks the result?
- 96 + 47 = 143
- 96 + 47 = 133
- 96 − 47 = 49
- 143 − 96 = 57
5.In 152 − 68, splitting the numbers gives 50 − 60 in the tens place. What is 50 − 60 before regrouping?
- −10
- 10
- −20
- 20
Practise the Split Method
Show how you split and subtract each number.
6.Use the split method to calculate 358 − 126. Write the hundreds, tens and ones parts and show each subtraction.
7.Calculate 421 − 175 using the split method. Show how you regroup when a place-value subtraction cannot be done as written.
8.At a skate park, Ruben counted 600 visits during one month. If 238 visits were in the first half of the month, how many were in the second half? Use the split method and check by addition.
9.Hana has 734 points in a skate challenge. Mele has 286 fewer points. How many points does Mele have? Show a split-method calculation.
10.Explain briefly why splitting numbers into hundreds, tens and ones can make subtraction easier.
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