SUBTRACTING

MENTALLY 2
DIGIT NUMBERS
 59 87 68 76 95 74

50 + 9 80 + 7 60 + 8 70 + 6 90 + 5 70 + 4
Dick gathered 56 shells
at the beach. He gave
24 shells to his friend.
How many shells were
left?
Subtract mentally the ones, then the tens

Think: 5 6 5 6
- 4 2 4
2 2 2
3

So, 32 shells were left

to
Dick.
Example:
84 84 8 4
-2 21 2 1 63
1 3 3
6
78 78 78
-3 - 35 - 3 5 43
5 3 3
4
Digit Movemen
0 - t Say
1 - ‘’Yo’’
2 - Clap once
3 - Clap twice
4 - Clap
5 - thrice
6 - Raise your
7 - left hand
8 - Raise your right
9 - hand thumbs up
Do the yes clap
0-YO
 1- CLAP ONCE
2- CLAP TWICE
3- CLAP THRICE
4-Raise your left hand
5- Raise your right hand
6-THUMBS UP
7 -YES CLAP
8- Say ‘’Mabuhay!’’
9- Say ‘’ Be Happy!’’
Work by Pairs
Direction: Find the missing number in
the difference. Use the number coding.
1. 46 88 3. 96
2.
-21 -25 -24
2 3 7
4. 5.
78 98
-35 -35
3 6
 95 29 59
6. 7. 8.
- 25 -19 -20
2 1 3

9. 10
62 . 39
-51 -11
1 2
Remember:

To subtract 2-digit numbers

mentally without regrouping
, subtract the ones first, then the
tens. Then give the difference.
Subtract mentally.
1) 2) 56 3) 94
35- - 32 -72
12

4) 48 5) 68
-25 -34
Exercise:
Subtract the following
mentally:
1) 2) 86 3) 97
74 -35 -84
-12
4) 94 5) 79
-72 - 51