Page 210 - New Medley 2 Semester 1

Vertical Subtraction without Borrowing–II

(Subtraction of 2-digit and 1-digit

numbers from 3-digit numbers)

437 – 15. 15 is a two digit number. It can be written as 015.

Step 1: Read ones column. 7 – 5 H T O

7 – 5 = 2. We write 2 in ones column.
4 3 7
Step 2: Read tens column. 3 – 1
3 – 1 = 2. We write 2 in tens column. – 0 1 5

Step 3: Read hundreds column. 4 – 0
4 2 2
4 – 0 = 4. We write 4 in hundreds column.

387 – 4. 4 is a one digit number. In can be written as 004.

Step 1: Read ones column. 7 – 4 H T O
7 – 4 = 3. We write 3 in ones column.
3 8
Step 2: Read tens column. 8 – 0 7
8 – 0 = 8. We write 8 in tens column. – 0 0 4

Step 3: Read hundreds column. 3 – 0
3 8 3
3 – 0 = 3. We write 3 in hundreds column.

EXERCISE 3.3

Subtract the following.

1. H T O 2. H T O 3. H T O 4. H T O

4 6 8 6 9 7 7 6 5 2 6 7

– 3 3 – 2 3 – 4 3 – 5 7

5. H T O 6. H T O 7. H T O 8. H T O

4 4 7 5 8 5 6 4 2 7 8 3

– 5 – 3 – 1 – 3

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