Four Digit Subtraction Challenge

The Four Digit Subtraction Challenge is an advanced exercise for 4th and 5th graders, featuring complex borrowing across multiple place values with numbers in the thousands.

How to Solve Subtraction

Align your numbers by place value and subtract from right to left. With four-digit numbers, you may encounter situations where you need to borrow across several columns — if the tens column is 0, you must first borrow from the hundreds to create a value to borrow from. Take your time and track each borrowing step carefully.

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