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1. Showing the subtraction process
Begin subtracting from one place, through tens, the hundreds, to the thousand places.
1548
- 435
3
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1548
- 435
13
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1548 - 435 113 |
1548 - 435 1113 |
The answer can be checked by addition
1113 + 435 1548
Subtraction is the process of removing or taking away a smaller number from a bigger number. It is a reverse of addition.
In a subtraction sentence, the number from which we subtract is called minuend. The number subtracted is called subtrahend. The answer is called difference.
Find the difference:
3495 - 342 |
5984 - 2843 |
8420 - 5210 |
7942 - 2821 |
8347 - 5234 |