Subtracting with RegroupingWhen the top digit is too small, borrow a ten and break it into ones.2nd GradeAlso called borrowing. You are undoing the trade: one ten becomes ten ones.1LOOK AT THE ONESIs the top digit smaller than the bottom one?2BORROW A TENCross out the tens digit, make it one less.3ADD TEN TO THE ONESThe top ones digit gains ten. Now it is big enough.4SUBTRACT BOTH COLUMNSOnes first, then the tens you changed.WORKED: 62 − 272 is smaller than 7 → borrow6 becomes 5, and 2 becomes 1212 − 7 = 5, then 5 − 2 = 3 → 35Check it: 35 + 27 should give you 62 back. If it does not, the borrowwent wrong.Subtracting with Regroupinglearnposters.com
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Subtracting with Regrouping, step by step

Also called borrowing. You are undoing the trade: one ten becomes ten ones.

  1. LOOK AT THE ONESIs the top digit smaller than the bottom one?
  2. BORROW A TENCross out the tens digit, make it one less.
  3. ADD TEN TO THE ONESThe top ones digit gains ten. Now it is big enough.
  4. SUBTRACT BOTH COLUMNSOnes first, then the tens you changed.

worked: 62 − 27

  • 2 is smaller than 7 → borrow
  • 6 becomes 5, and 2 becomes 12
  • 12 − 7 = 5, then 5 − 2 = 3 → 35

Check it: 35 + 27 should give you 62 back. If it does not, the borrow went wrong.

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What’s on the Subtracting with Regrouping poster?
4 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Also called borrowing. You are undoing the trade: one ten becomes ten ones. LOOK AT THE ONES — Is the top digit smaller than the bottom one?; BORROW A TEN — Cross out the tens digit, make it one less.; ADD TEN TO THE ONES — The top ones digit gains ten. Now it is big enough.; SUBTRACT BOTH COLUMNS — Ones first, then the tens you changed.. Check it: 35 + 27 should give you 62 back. If it does not, the borrow went wrong.
Who is the Subtracting with Regrouping poster for?
Subtracting with Regrouping is filed under 2nd Grade (ages 7–8), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Subtracting with Regrouping poster?
Check by adding your answer back to the number you took away. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Subtracting with Regrouping belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Subtracting with Regrouping?
Adding with Regrouping, Addition & Subtraction Facts and am and pm sit alongside Subtracting with Regrouping in the 2nd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adding with RegroupingAddition & Subtraction Factsam and pm
Is the Subtracting with Regrouping poster free to download and print?
Yes. Subtracting with Regrouping downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 2nd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Subtracting with Regrouping poster print at?
Subtracting with Regrouping is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Subtracting with Regrouping loses nothing.Printing guide

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