Addition and Subtraction

Subtraction Made Easy

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Introduction

Sometimes you may need to subtract in your head, not on paper. For example, when you’re at lunch and you want to keep $9 for the movies that night, you may have to quickly subtract numbers to find out how much you can spend on lunch. At other times, you may need a calculator to subtract several numbers – like when you are balancing your checkbook.

This lesson gives you simple tips for subtracting numbers:

  • breaking larger numbers into parts
  • using a calculator