CBSE Class 4 Maths Subtraction Worksheet Set 05

I. Fill in the blanks

Question 1. The number from which another number is to be subtracted is called ____________
Answer: minuend
In simple words: The minuend is the starting number from which we take away another number.

Exam Tip: Remember the order: Minuend - Subtrahend = Difference.

Question 2. The number which is to be subtracted is called the ______________
Answer: subtrahend
In simple words: The subtrahend is the amount that gets subtracted from the minuend.

Exam Tip: Subtrahend is the number you subtract away.

Question 3. The result which we get after subtraction is called _________________
Answer: difference
In simple words: The final answer after performing subtraction is the difference.

Exam Tip: Always label your final answer with the correct term, such as difference.

Question 4. 10000 - 1 = ____________
Answer: 9999
In simple words: Subtracting 1 from 10000 gives the largest 4-digit number.

Exam Tip: Borrowing across multiple zeros requires changing 10000 to 9999 by taking 1 from the last column.

Question 5. 98912 - 0 = __________________
Answer: 98912
In simple words: Subtracting zero from any number leaves the number unchanged.

Exam Tip: The zero property of subtraction states that \(a - 0 = a\).

Question 6. Largest 5-digit number + _____________ = smallest 6-digit number.
Answer: 1
In simple words: Adding 1 to 99999 gives 100000.

Question 7. In subtraction problem, the smaller number which is to be subtracted from is _____________.
Answer: minuend
In simple words: The phrasing refers to the minuend, though note that the minuend is typically the larger number in elementary arithmetic.

Exam Tip: Read carefully to identify whether the blank asks for minuend or subtrahend.

Question 8. 85106 - 85106 = _________
Answer: 0
In simple words: Subtracting a number from itself always results in zero.

Exam Tip: \(a - a = 0\) for any number \(a\).

Question 9. 100000 - _____________________ = 99999
Answer: 1
In simple words: To get 99999 from 100000, you must subtract 1.

Exam Tip: Find missing subtrahend by subtracting the difference from the minuend: \(100000 - 99999 = 1\).

Question 10. When the subtrahend and minuend are the same, the difference is _______________
Answer: 0
In simple words: Equal numbers subtracted from each other leave nothing.

Exam Tip: Concept is identical to Question 8 phrased as a definition.

Question 11. 1000 less than 9000 = _______________
Answer: 8000
In simple words: Subtract 1000 from 9000 to get 8000.

Exam Tip: Keywords like 'less than' mean you perform subtraction.

Question 12. ___________ - 0 = 606061
Answer: 606061
In simple words: The number remains unchanged when zero is subtracted, so the starting number must be 606061.

Question 13. If __________________ is subtracted from a number, the difference is the number itself.
Answer: 0
In simple words: Subtracting zero leaves a number unchanged.

Exam Tip: Relates to the subtraction property of zero.

Question 14. One subtracted from a number gives the _______________ of the number as the difference.
Answer: predecessor
In simple words: Subtracting 1 gives the number that comes immediately before, which is the predecessor.

Exam Tip: Predecessor means number minus one; successor means number plus one.

II. Subtract

Question 1. 42,069 from 54,999
Answer:
Arrange in columns and subtract:
\(54,999 - 42,069 = 12,930\)
In simple words: We subtract each column from right to left to find the difference between the two numbers is 12,930.

Exam Tip: Align numbers correctly by their place values before subtracting.

Question 2. 24,529 from 5,68,048
Answer:
Arrange in columns and subtract with borrowing:
\(5,68,048 - 24,529 = 5,43,519\)
In simple words: Subtracting 24,529 from 5,68,048 gives 5,43,519.

Exam Tip: Pay special attention to borrowing across zeros in the hundreds and tens columns.

Question 3. 1,28,746 from 3,26,235
Answer:
Arrange in columns and subtract with borrowing:
\(3,26,235 - 1,28,746 = 1,97,489\)
In simple words: Subtracting 1,28,746 from 3,26,235 yields 1,97,489.

Exam Tip: Double-check borrow steps where top digit is smaller than bottom digit.

Question 4. 5,28,564 from 7,06,000
Answer:
Arrange in columns and subtract with borrowing across zeros:
\(7,06,000 - 5,28,564 = 1,77,436\)
In simple words: Subtracting 5,28,564 from 7,06,000 results in 1,77,436.

Exam Tip: When borrowing from zeros, convert each zero carefully from left to right.

Find the missing minuend

Question a.
    [Missing Minuend]
-   168235
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    105698
Answer:
Minuend = Subtrahend + Difference
\(168235 + 105698 = 273933\)
In simple words: To find the top missing number, add the bottom two numbers together.

Exam Tip: Missing minuend equals subtrahend plus difference.

Question b.
    [Missing Minuend]
-   635005
----------------
    387734
Answer:
Minuend = Subtrahend + Difference
\(635005 + 387734 = 1022739\)
In simple words: Add 635005 and 387734 to get the missing minuend 1,022,739.

Question a.
    482800
-   [Missing Subtrahend]
----------------
    268005
Answer:
Subtrahend = Minuend - Difference
\(482800 - 268005 = 214795\)
In simple words: Subtract the difference from the minuend to find the missing subtrahend: 214,795.

Exam Tip: Missing subtrahend = Minuend - Difference.

Question b.
    823665
-   [Missing Subtrahend]
----------------
    113322
Answer:
Subtrahend = Minuend - Difference
\(823665 - 113322 = 710343\)
In simple words: Subtract 113322 from 823665 to get 710343.

Exam Tip: Verify by checking if Minuend - Subtrahend = Difference.

IV. Story Sums

Question a. Indian Railways has railway tracks of length 59684 km. The Nationals Highways has roads of length 24943km. Find the difference?
Answer:
Length of railway tracks = 59684 km
Length of national highways roads = 24943 km
Difference = \(59684 - 24943 = 34741\) km
In simple words: Subtract the highway length from the railway track length to find the difference of 34,741 km.

Exam Tip: Include units (km) in your final answer.

Question b. 3,43,392 people live in Goa and 3,51,462 live in Pondicherry. Which town has more people and how many more people?
Answer:
Population of Pondicherry = 3,51,462
Population of Goa = 3,43,392
Since \(3,51,462 > 3,43,392\), Pondicherry has more people.
Difference in population = \(3,51,462 - 3,43,392 = 8,070\)
In simple words: Pondicherry has 8,070 more people than Goa.

Exam Tip: Answer both parts of the question: name the town and state the difference.

Question c. Find the difference between the largest 5-digit number and the smallest 5-digit number.
Answer:
Largest 5-digit number = 99,999
Smallest 5-digit number = 10,000
Difference = \(99,999 - 10,000 = 89,999\)
In simple words: Subtracting the smallest 5-digit number from the largest gives 89,999.

Exam Tip: Recall standard definitions: largest 5-digit is all 9s, smallest is 1 followed by four zeros.

Question d. Mother diary produced 30000 pouches of milk in one day. It supplied 20196 a day to various depots. How many pouches were left behind?
Answer:
Total pouches produced = 30,000
Pouches supplied = 20,196
Pouches left behind = \(30,000 - 20,196 = 9,804\)
In simple words: Subtract the supplied pouches from total production to find 9,804 pouches were left behind.

Question e. I borrowed Rs. 3 lakh from a friend. I paid him Rs. 66678 in the first installment and Rs. 70871 in the second installment. How much more do I owe him now?
Answer:
Total borrowed amount = Rs. 3,00,000
First installment paid = Rs. 66,678
Second installment paid = Rs. 70,871
Total paid amount = \(66,678 + 70,871 = 1,37,549\)
Remaining amount owed = \(3,00,000 - 1,37,549 = 1,62,451\)
In simple words: Add the two installments paid, then subtract that sum from Rs. 3,00,000 to find Rs. 1,62,451 is still owed.

Exam Tip: This is a two-step word problem: addition first, then subtraction.

Solve.

Question a. What should be added to 49,533 to get 1,50,000?
Answer:
Missing number = \(1,50,000 - 49,533 = 1,00,467\)
In simple words: Subtract 49,533 from 1,50,000 to find the required number is 1,00,467.

Exam Tip: "What should be added to X to get Y" is solved by calculating \(Y - X\).

Question b. Find the number that is 8,935 less than 7,678
Answer:
Number = \(7,678 - 8,935 = -1,257\)
In simple words: Subtracting 8,935 from 7,678 gives -1,257.

Exam Tip: When subtracting a larger number from a smaller number, the result is negative.

Question c. What should be subtracted from 84,339 so that the difference is 23,852?
Answer:
Missing subtrahend = \(84,339 - 23,852 = 60,487\)
In simple words: Subtract the difference from the given number to find the number to subtract: 60,487.

Exam Tip: Subtrahend = Minuend - Difference.

Question d. How much more is two lakh than 99006?
Answer:
Two lakh = 2,00,000
Difference = \(2,00,000 - 99,006 = 1,00,994\)
In simple words: Subtract 99,006 from 2,00,000 to find it is greater by 1,00,994.

Exam Tip: "How much more is A than B" means you calculate \(A - B\).

Question e. Rahul subtracted 265479 from a number. He had 8062 left. What was the number he began with?
Answer:
Original number (Minuend) = Subtrahend + Difference
\(265,479 + 8,062 = 273,541\)
In simple words: Add the amount subtracted and the remainder together to get the starting number: 273,541.

Exam Tip: To find a missing starting number (minuend), add the subtrahend and difference.