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Word problems involving subtraction of numbers
Some word problems need subtraction of numbers to
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answer them.

Example

Neema had 956 sweets. She gave her young brother
813 sweets. How many sweets did she remain with?

Using the Abacus
Using the Abacus
Using the Abacus
Hundreds Tens Ones

1 4 3
Steps

1. Neema had 956 sweets. Put 6 beads on the ones
line, 5 beads on the tens line and 9 beads on the

hundreds line.
2. Young brother given 813 sweets; remove 3 beads

from ones line.
3. Remove 1 bead from tens line

4. Remove 8 beads from hundreds line. The beads
remaining for each place are 1 hundreds, 4 tens

and 3 ones. Therefore, the answer is 143.

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