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1000’s
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100’s
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10’s
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1s
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1
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3
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3
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5
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- 0
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7
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8
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6
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In the ones place (1s),
you cannot remove 6
from 5.

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1000’s
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100’s
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10’s
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1s
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2
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15
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1
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3
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3
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5
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- 0
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7
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8
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6
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So trade 1 ten (10s) for
1, giving 15 and leaving 2 tens
Look at the 10s place.
You cannot remove 8 tens from 2 tens.

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1000’s
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100’s
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10’s
12
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1s
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2
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2
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15
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1
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3
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3
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5
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- 0
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7
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8
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6
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So trade 1 hundred for 10
tens, giving 12 tens and leaving 2 hundreds.
Look at the 100’s place.
You cannot remove 7 hundreds from 2 hundreds.

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1000’s
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100’s
12
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10’s
12
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1s
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0
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2
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2
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15
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1
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3
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3
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5
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- 0
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7
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8
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6
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5
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4
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9
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So trade 1 thousand for
10 hundreds, giving 12 hundreds and leaving 0 thousands.
Now subtract each column
starting in the ones column.
15 – 6 = 9
12 - 8 = 4
12 – 7 = 5
1,335 - 786 = 549
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