Subtracting Friendly Numbers by Grade 4
are numbers that have 9’s in the Ones like 39 or 59 Tens like 199 or 399 Hundreds like 3999 or 6999
We can change numbers into so that they are easier to subtract in our heads! Follow this simple rule: You can change numbers if they: Are close to a ten, hundred or thousand
=299 (a friendly number) = to become 291 Now subtract
=199 (a friendly number) becomes 141 Now subtract
= 499 (a friendly number) becomes 376 Now subtract
= = 300 Now subtract
= = 300 Now subtract!
Subtract 8 = 823 Subtract 8 = 500 Now subtract!
Minus 1 to become 1999 Minus 1 to become 200 Now subtract!
Add 2 to become 807 Add 2 to become 600 Now subtract!
4000 Subtract 1to become 3999 Subtract 1 to become 2494 Now subtract!
The End – now do your own in your scribbler on the next slide! Check them when you’re done all of them.
Now do these on your own paper: ( =201) ( =2787) ( =1877) ( =1470) Did you find the mistake?