Rosie has a bag of 375 flower seeds.
She plants 142 seeds by the pond.
"Hooray!" says Rosie. "How many seeds are left in my bag?"
Bennie sits down beside her.
"We can take away one place at a time," he says.
"Ones first, then tens, then hundreds."
This is 375. We take away 142.
Ones: 5 take away 2 is 3 ones.
Tens: 7 tens take away 4 tens is 3 tens.
Hundreds: 3 hundreds take away 1 hundred is 2 hundreds.
So 375 take away 142 is 233.
Check it! 233 plus 142 is 375. The numbers match.
Taking away whole hundreds only changes the hundreds digit.
| Number sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| 800 - 300 = 500 | ? |
| 657 - 321 = 336 | ? |
| 948 - 125 = 813 | ? |
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Upon: U-P-O-N.
Us: U-S.
River: R-I-V-E-R.
Well done! Tomorrow we make a new ten when we add.