Deepen understanding of how to subtract from numbers that use 0 as a placeholder by using this resource.

This Year 5 Subtraction (Recap Using 0 as a Placeholder) Reasoning and Problem Solving worksheet revisits column subtraction strategies to subtract using numbers with 4 digits or more, gradually increasing the amount of exchanges needed and using questions where numbers being subtracted don't always have the same amount of digits. Children will explore if a statement about a subtraction is accurate, identify mistakes in calculations and find possible solutions to missing numbers in bar models. All answers are also included so that marking is as easy as possible!

A varied fluency resource and fluency matrix are also available for this small step.