Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, Bengaluru

Subject: Mathematics
Standard:3 Topic: Subtraction (4 digits)

Do the Exercise – 3 found on page 53 and Exercise 4 found on page 56

in Mathematics text book.
Practice Exercise -6 Word problems found on page 58 in GWB.
Copy the given notes in mathematics class work book.
Note –
Subtraction means to take away from a group or a number of things. When we
subtract, the number of things in the group reduces or becomes less.
• The symbol of subtraction is
Exercises
I. Subtraction: sums without borrowing
a) b)

TH H T O
TH H T O

7 4 1 3
6 5 0 8

- 2 3 1 0
- 2 3 0 8

5 1 0 3
4 2 0 0

c) d)

TH H T O TH H T O

9 4 2 4 6 8 5 3

- 7 1 2 3 - 1 4 2 1

2 3 0 1 5 4 3 2
II. Subtraction: sums with borrowing

a) b)

TH H T O TH H T O

2 13 1 0 1 3 10 1
3 4 1 2 4 1 3 4

- 1 7 1 3 - 2 7 6 4

1 6 9 9 1 3 7 0

c) d)

TH H T O TH H T O

8 15 1 8 1 3 1
9 9 6 5 9 0 4 0

- 4 7 9 8 - 2 7 3 4

5 1 6 7 6 3 0 6
III. Arrange in columns and Subtract the following

a) Subtract 3462 from 5684 b) Subtract 4537 from 9999

TH H T O TH H T O

5 6 8 4 9 9 9 9

- 3 4 6 2 - 4 5 3 7

2 2 2 2 5 4 6 2

c) Subtract 1738 from 4591 d) Subtract 5326 from 8051

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3 1 8 1 7 1 4 1
4 5 9 1 8 0 5 1

- 1 7 3 8 - 5 3 2 6

2 8 5 3 2 7 2 5
IV. Word Problems

a) Ravi bought a book consisting 1275 pages. He read 120 pages. How many pages are left to
be read?

TH H T O

No. of pages in the book = 1 2 7 5

No. of pages Ravi read = - 1 2 0

.
. . no. of pages left = 1 1 5 5

Ans = 1155 pages

b) A cap seller had 2600 caps. He sold 850 caps. How many caps are left with him?

TH H T O

1 15 1
No. of caps cap seller had = 2 6 0 0

No. of caps cap seller sold = - 8 5 0

.
. . no. of caps left = 1 7 5 0

Ans = 1750 caps left

c) There are 2580 chairs in the auditorium, out of which 662 chairs were occupied.
Find the number of chairs vacant.

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1 1 7 1
No. of chairs in the auditorium = 2 5 8 0

No. of chairs occupied = - 6 6 2

.
. . no. of chairs vacant = 1 9 1 8

Ans = 1918 chairs vacant