Subtraction of Numbers Basic 3 Mathematics Lesson Note
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A. COUNTING SKILLS: NUMBERS 721-750
Counting from 721 to 750: 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750
Practice counting:
- From 725 to 735: _______
- From 742 to 750: _______
- Backwards from 750 to 740: _______
Skip counting by 5s: 720, 725, 730, 735, 740, 745, 750
Fill in missing numbers:
- 726, 727, _____, 729, _____
- 745, _____, 747, _____, 749
- _____, 732, _____, 734, _____
B. WRITING SKILL: WRITING NUMBERS
Write in words:
- 721 = Seven hundred and twenty-one
- 725 = Seven hundred and twenty-five
- 730 = Seven hundred and thirty
- 740 = Seven hundred and forty
- 750 = Seven hundred and fifty
Write in figures:
- Seven hundred and twenty-three = _______
- Seven hundred and twenty-eight = _______
- Seven hundred and thirty-five = _______
- Seven hundred and forty-seven = _______
- Seven hundred and forty-nine = _______
Practice:
- 724 = _______
- 737 = _______
- Seven hundred and twenty-six = _______
- Seven hundred and forty-three = _______
C. SUBTRACTION WITHOUT RENAMING OR EXCHANGING
Method: Subtract units from units, tens from tens, hundreds from hundreds
Examples:
 89   567   745
– 34Â Â – 234Â Â – 321
—-Â Â —–Â Â —–
  55   333   424
Step by step for 89 – 34:
- Units: 9 – 4 = 5
- Tens: 8 – 3 = 5
- Answer: 55
Practice:
- 78 – 25 = _____
- 96 – 43 = _____
- 567 – 234 = _____
- 689 – 456 = _____
- 745 – 312 = _____
D. SUBTRACTION WITH RENAMING OR EXCHANGING
Method: When the top digit is smaller, borrow from the next place value
Example 1: 742 – 158
  6¹³¹²
   742
 – 158
 —–
   584
Step by step:
- Units: 2 < 8, so borrow from tens: 12 – 8 = 4
- Tens: 3 < 5 (after borrowing), so borrow from hundreds: 13 – 5 = 8
- Hundreds: 6 – 1 = 5 (after borrowing)
- Answer: 584
Example 2: 63 – 28
  5¹³
   63
 – 28
 —-
   35
Practice with renaming:
- 52 – 27 = _____
- 81 – 36 = _____
- 234 – 158 = _____
- 456 – 279 = _____
- 623 – 347 = _____
E. SUBTRACTION USING PARTIAL SUM METHOD
Breaking numbers into parts for subtraction:
Example: 567 – 234
- 567 = 500 + 60 + 7
- 234 = 200 + 30 + 4
- Hundreds: 500 – 200 = 300
- Tens: 60 – 30 = 30
- Units: 7 – 4 = 3
- Answer: 300 + 30 + 3 = 333
Practice partial sum:
- 456 – 234:
- Hundreds: _____ – _____ = _____
- Tens: _____ – _____ = _____
- Units: _____ – _____ = _____
- Total: _____
F. QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Word problems:
- A school had 745 pupils. 158 pupils went home sick. How many pupils remained?
- Kemi had 623 marbles. She gave 247 to her friends. How many marbles does she have left?
- A farmer harvested 567 oranges. He sold 289 oranges. How many oranges are left?
Number patterns:
- 750 – 10 = 740, 740 – 10 = _____, _____ – 10 = _____
- 500 – 100 = 400, 600 – 100 = _____, 700 – 100 = _____
Missing numbers:
- 567 – _____ = 234
- _____ – 189 = 345
- 745 – 268 = _____
Estimation: Round and subtract:
- 567 – 234 ≈ 570 – 230 = _____
- 745 – 158 ≈ 750 – 160 = _____
CLASS EXERCISES
- Count from 728 to 738:
- Write in words:
- 727 = _______
- 734 = _______
- 750 = _______
- Write in figures:
- Seven hundred and twenty-nine = _______
- Seven hundred and forty-six = _______
- Subtract without renaming:
- 89 – 34 = _____
- 567 – 234 = _____
- 745 – 321 = _____
- Subtract with renaming:
- 72 – 28 = _____
- 234 – 157 = _____
- 456 – 279 = _____
- Use partial sum method:
- 567 – 234: Hundreds: _____ – _____ = _____ Tens: _____ – _____ = _____ Units: _____ – _____ = _____ Answer: _____
- Word problems:
- A shop had 623 items. They sold 247 items. How many items are left?
- Tolu had 456 stickers. He gave away 189 stickers. How many stickers does he have now?
- Fill in the missing numbers:
- 567 – _____ = 234
- _____ – 158 = 456
- Estimate by rounding:
- 567 – 234 ≈ _____ – _____ = _____
- Complete the pattern:
- 750, 740, 730, _____, _____