Double Digit Subtraction Techniques for Kids

If you blow up 28 balloons and 13 of them pop, how many are left?

• 20

• 15

• 10

• 25

What does each rod represent when building numbers?

• 5 balloons

• 1 balloon

• 20 balloons

• 10 balloons

How many tens and ones are there in the number 28?

• 3 tens and 8 ones

• 2 tens and 10 ones

• 2 tens and 8 ones

• 1 ten and 8 ones

What is the result of 8 minus 3 in the ones column?

• 3

• 2

• 5

• 4

What is the result of 2 minus 1 in the tens column?

• 2

• 1

• 0

• 3

When subtracting double-digit numbers and the bottom number is larger, what should you do?

• Subtract the smaller number first

• Add more to the bottom number

• Borrow from the next column

• Ignore the larger number

How many tens and ones are there in the number 42?

• 5 tens and 2 ones

• 4 tens and 4 ones

• 4 tens and 2 ones

• 3 tens and 2 ones

What is the first step when the bottom number in the ones column is larger than the top number?

• Add 10 to the bottom number

• Borrow 10 from the tens column

• Ignore the ones column

• Subtract the tens column first

After borrowing, how many ones do you have if you originally had 2 ones and borrowed 10?

• 12

• 11

• 10

• 13

What is the final result of subtracting 16 from 42?

• 26

• 25

• 27

• 24