This activity is about subtraction in columns with borrowing if necessary.
Example
Subtract 9,412 - 7,143
Answer
We set the subtraction out in columns.
Starting from the right-hand ones end, we start subtracting, remembering to borrow from the next column if we need to.
The answer is 2,269.
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