Strategies to Subtract Mentally

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Strategy #1
Use a number line and count up or down, whatever way is easier for you.
Counting up example:
82 18 = ?
Check: 2 + 60 + 2 = 64
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18 20
80 82
So 82 18 = 64
Counting down example:
82 18 = ?
Check: 60 + 2 + 2 = 64
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82
22 20 18
So 82 18 = 64.
Strategy #2
Change both numbers by the same amount to make them easier to work
with.
82 18 = ?
Change to 84 20 = ?
(I added add 2 to each number to keep the difference the same.)
Calculate:
84 20 = 64

Check: 64 + 20 = 84

I could also change it to 80 16 = ?

80 10 - 6 = 64