The minuend is the number being subtracted from.

A subtrahend is a number subtracted from another.

Column subtraction is a way of subtracting numbers by writing a number below another.

Use column subtraction to subtract from a 2- or 3-digit number 

Maths

In this unit pupils will identify the minuend and the subtrahend in column subtraction and explain the column subtraction algorithm They will subtract from a 2-digit number using column subtraction with exchanging In the future unit pupils will use their knowledge of column addition column subtraction with exchanging to solve problems They will evaluate the efficiency of strategies for subtraction

In the prior unit pupils identified the addends and the sum in column addition. They used their knowledge of place value to correctly lay out column addition. In this unit pupils will identify the minuend and the subtrahend in column subtraction and explain the column subtraction algorithm. They will subtract from a 2-digit number using column subtraction with exchanging.

Column subtraction

Which number in the column subtraction is the minuend?

Which number in the column subtraction is the subtrahend?

Calculate the missing difference using the column subtraction. 

Which number in the bar model is the minuend?

Which number in this equation is the difference? 65 − 42 = 23

Which number in this column subtraction is the minuend? 

What is the name of the part that is circled in the column subtraction?



Which equation exactly matches the column subtraction? 

Which column subtraction shows the correct difference?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Use column subtraction to subtract from a 2- or 3-digit number

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.