SUBTRACTION OF WHOLE NUMBERS WITH CONTINUOUS OR NON-

CONTINUOUS ZEROS WITH REGROUPING

Objective: Subtract 5 or more digit numbers from 6 or more digit number with 3
continuous or non-continuous zeros in both the minuend and subtrahend
with regrouping.

Review

Let us see how well you have retained the previous lesson. Do what is asked of
you to do. Remember this is your previous lesson.

A. Subtract the numbers inside the rectangles from the number inside the oval.

1) - 593 843

2) - 934 527 3) - 625 195

1 502 362

4) - 861 289 5) - 758 732

Check your answer with the answer key. If your score is 4 or 5, you
may continue with this lesson. If you got 3 or below, review your past lessons.

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 Study and Learn

The Red Cross is an organization which helps the poor people.

During the Red Cross Week, one of the Divisions in NCR was given 121
000 tickets to sell for Save a Life Project. The division was able to sell
96 032 tickets. How many tickets were not sold?

Let us answer some questions about the problem.

a) Who helps our poor countrymen?

b) As a person, would you like to share in the fund raising campaign of
the Red Cross? Why?

Now, let's start solving the problem.

121 000 - 96 032 = N

tickets given tickets sold tickets not sold

1. 121 000 There are three consecutive

- 96 032 zeros in the minuend, so we
0 10 regroup all the places starting
2. 121 000
- 96 032 from the left most digit other
than the zero.
1 10 10

3. 121 000
- 96 032

1 10 9 10

4. 121 000
- 96 032

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 1 10 9 9 10

5. 121 000 Now, you can subtract.

- 96 032
24 968 Subtract 2 from 10 equals 8.
Subtract 3 tens from 9 tens equalS 6
tens. Subtract 0 hundreds from 9
hundreds equals 9 hundreds.
Subtract 6 thousands from 10
thousands equals 4 thousands. Then
subtract 9 ten thousands from 11 ten
thousands equals 2 ten thousands.
The final answer then is 24 968
tickets unsold.

Can you now follow the steps?

Let’s try another exercise.

a. 150 087 There are two consecutive

- 78 462 zeros in the minuend, so we
regroup at 3 places starting
from thousands place.
4 10

b. 150 087
- 78 462

4 9 10
Now you can subtract.
b. 150 087
- 78 462

Can you now follow the steps better?

Try the following exercises.

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 Try These

Find the difference.

1. 700 280 2. 7 800 000 3. 3 930 615

- 345 613 - 1 156 000 - 1 013 400

4. 2 900 603 5. 1 485 000

- 1 569 241 - 810 207

How do you find the exercises? Why?

Wrap Up

Always remember that to subtract numbers with regrouping and with

continuous zero in the minuend always regroup all the places starting
from the left most digit other than zero.

On Your Own

A. Follow the arrow to be able to fill in the needed data in the box.


93 150 000 14 281 600 = 78 868 400

1. 72 464 576 
= 78 692 295 = 176 105
2.
4 000 464 =

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B. Find the difference

1) 900 034 2) 867 000 3) 320 400

- 725 162 - 152 163 - 10 029

C. Fill the box with the correct numeral.

9 00 0 0
15 90 0
2 9 9 9 5 0

Check your answer with the answer key.

If you get 5 to 6 correct answers, you have mastered the skills in this module and
you may proceed to the next.

If you get 4 correct answers, review the processes you missed.

If you get 3 correct answers or below, repeat the whole process.

Congratulations for your desire to finish the module!