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Make sure you line up the numbers. The units columns must be in a vertical line. (The numbers MUST end at the same point.) 745 - 63 Start by subtracting the units column. The 5 is larger than the 3 so there is no need to borrow. 745 - 63 2 In the ten's column we cannot take 6 away from 4. Since 100 is the same as ten 10's we borrow one of the 100's leaving 6 for the hundred's column. Since we already have 4 tens, that plus the ten we borrowed now makes 14 tens for the ten's column. Now the 6 ten's taken away from the 14 tens leaves 8 in the tens column. 614Subtracting is really simple, just don't forget how to borrow! 5859 + 774 Solution 715 5 |