Take children's subtraction skills to the next level with our Year 5 Subtract Whole Numbers with More than Four Digits Discussion Problem. This resource is designed to draw our children's curiosity, inspire investigations and provide an avenue for group work including mathematical discussions. There are two in-depth problem-solving questions for your class to tackle, both requiring a secure knowledge of subtracting.

Use this within your classroom as a challenge activity after children have completed their varied fluency, reasoning and problem-solving questions. Perfect for small groups or paired work, or open up the discussion to the whole class and display one of the problems on your screen and work together to find the solution. Children can compare their outcomes to the answers we've provided.