Subtraction
Category : 5th Class
Subtraction
Subtraction: Under the operation of subtraction, difference between two numbersis found.
Minuend: The number from which other number is subtracted is called minuend.
Subtrahend: The number which is subtracted from a number is called subtrahend.
Difference: The result we get after subtraction is called difference.
Subtract 1254 from 7889
Solution:
| Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | Minuend |
| -1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Subtrahend |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | Difference |
How to Perform Subtraction
Just like addition digits of both minuend and subtrahend are arranged in the place value chart. Digits of the subtrahend comes below to the digits of minuend. Now subtract ones from ones, tens from tens and so on.
Find the difference between 4568 and 2795
Solution:
| Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| -2 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Word Problem Based on Subtraction
A person earns Rs. 36000 per month. He spends Rs. 1500 on education, Rs. 3600 on house rent, and Rs. 7500 on fooding and he saves the rest of money. Find his saving in a month.
(a) Rs. 23400
(b) Rs. 90000
(c) Rs. 23600
(d) Rs. 12600
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation
His total income in a month = Rs. 36000
His total expenditure in a month = Rs. 1500 + Rs. 3600 + Rs. 7500 = Rs. 12600
Therefore, his saving in a month = Rs. 36000 - Rs. 12600 = Rs. 23400
A book contains 1256 pages. 256 pages are blue, 186 pages are green and rest of the pages are white. Find the difference between the numbers of white pages and blue pages:
(a) 814
(b) 1000
(c) 628
(d) 558
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation
Total number of pages in the book = 1256
Total number of blue and green pages = 256 + 186 = 442
Therefore, total number of white pages = 1256 - 442 = 814
Difference between the numbers of white and blue pages = 814 - 256
= 558
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