The minuend is the number being subtracted from.

A subtrahend is a number subtracted from another.

The difference is the result after subtracting one number from another.

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

Identify the minuend and subtrahend in column subtraction

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 bar model is the minuend?

Which number in this equation is the subtrahend? 47 − 34 = 13

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?

Which number represents the whole in this bar model?

Subtract 20 from the number represented by the base ten blocks. What answer do you get? 

Which number represents the whole in this equation? 25 − 12 = 13

Which number represents the whole in this equation? 20 = 42 − 22

Match up the parts to the correct whole, using the bar model to help you. 

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

Identify the minuend and subtrahend in column subtraction

Lesson outcome

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