Subtract numbers up to five digits

Key notes:

✨ Key Points:

Subtraction means taking away one number from another.

• Example: 752 – 436 = 316

Five-digit numbers can be as large as 99,999.

• Example: 65,432 – 24,126

Always write numbers in columns (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands).

Start subtracting from the ones place and move left (→ tens → hundreds → thousands → ten-thousands).

If the top digit is smaller than the bottom digit, we must borrow from the next place value.

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📝 Steps to Subtract:

• Example: Subtract 54,237 – 28,569

   5 4 2 3 7
-  2 8 5 6 9
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👉 Step 1: Subtract ones → 7 – 9 → need to borrow → 17 – 9 = 8
👉 Step 2: Subtract tens → 2 became 1 (after borrowing), so 1 – 6 → borrow → 11 – 6 = 5
👉 Step 3: Subtract hundreds → 1 became 0, so 0 – 5 → borrow → 10 – 5 = 5
👉 Step 4: Subtract thousands → 3 became 2, so 2 – 8 → borrow → 12 – 8 = 4
👉 Step 5: Subtract ten-thousands → 4 became 3, so 3 – 2 = 1

✅ Answer = 25,668

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🌟 Example Problems:

• 48,932 – 26,714 = ?
• 72,405 – 39,268 = ?
• 65,000 – 24,895 = ?

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💡 Word Problem:

Ravi collected 42,156 marbles. He gave 28,739 marbles to his friends.
👉 How many marbles does Ravi have left?

• Solution:
• 42,156 – 28,739 = 13,417 marbles

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