Column Subtraction (Year 4)
Practise column subtraction within Arithmetic for Year 4, with worked examples and instant feedback.
The questions below are generated to match the National Curriculum for Year 4 and get harder as you progress from Rookie to Guru.
Worked examples
Calculate: 96 ÷ 4
- 24
- 26
- 22
- 34
Answer: 24. Short division: 9 ÷ 4 = 2 r 1; bring down 6 to make 16; 16 ÷ 4 = 4. Answer 24.
Calculate 432 − 178.
- 244
- 254
- 264
- 274
Answer: 254. 432 − 178: exchange as needed. 12 − 8 = 4 (ones), 12 − 7 = 5 (tens after exchange), 3 − 1 = 2 (hundreds). Answer: 254.
A pupil writes the answer to 'How many seats in 8 rows of 13?' as 21. What's the main error?
- The pupil added 8 + 13 instead of multiplying.
- The pupil multiplied 8 × 13 wrong.
- The pupil divided.
- The pupil ignored the question.
Answer: The pupil added 8 + 13 instead of multiplying.. Equal groups → multiplication. 8 × 13 = 104. Pupil's 21 = 8 + 13 shows the operation-selection error.
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