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 Taking away some objects or numbers from a group is called subtraction.
 The number from which we subtract is called the minuend.

 The number which is subtracted is called the subtrahend.

 The result of subtraction is called the difference.
 We can subtract numbers by splitting them into ones, tens, hundreds, etc and arranging
them into columns.

Learning LOGS

1. Subtract:

a. 7 8 5 1 b. 4 9 3 7 c. 7 5 1 2 d. 9 9 5 2
– 6 6 3 4 – 2 8 8 9 – 3 8 7 5 – 5 9 9 6

e. 4 9 5 4 f. 8 6 7 5 g. 7 0 3 6 h. 5 0 0 0
– 2 6 7 9 – 4 9 8 6 – 4 6 9 3 – 1 9 9 9

2. Fill in the boxes.
a. 3295 – _____ = 3295 b. 6782 – _____ = 0 c. 4226 – 0 = _____

d. _____ – 0 = 168 e. 3578 – 3578 = _____ f. 9561 – 1 = _____
3. Fill in the boxes with >, < or =.

a. 356 – 248 _____ 526 – 417 b. 876 – 495 _____ 671 – 532
c. 895 – 380 _____ 675 – 160 d. 3854 – 1699 _____ 8932 – 7966
4. Simplify.

a. 6284 – 6237 + 1098 – 956 b. 8032 – 9678 + 3059 – 1009

5. A shop had 6752 bicycles. It sold 2756 bicycles in one month. How many bicycles were
left in the shop?
6. Priya and Digvijay together have a total of 2750 postcards. If Digvijay has 1692
postcards, how many postcards does Priya have?

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