{"id":275,"date":"2026-01-21T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/?p=275"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:11:42","slug":"subtraction-method-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/2026\/01\/21\/subtraction-method-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Subtraction method tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Primary 3 we use a variety of methods to explore subtraction and it is natural to prefer one method over another. We use number line to count back and also to find the difference by &#8216;adding up&#8217; from the small number to the bigger. We also use place value &#8216;Hundreds, Tens and Units&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>We use part-whole models and base 10 to help visualise the numbers. Please find more details below. It includes a video (hopefully it works) and written explanation.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAG_Dzb0CDA\/oBO9BoDfz1iJWHpgq_cX5g\/edit?utm_content=DAG_Dzb0CDA&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=sharebutton\">Subtraction using base ten<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hope this helps!<\/p>\n<p>Miss Caldwell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Primary 3 we use a variety of methods to explore subtraction and it is natural to prefer one method over another. We use number line to count back and also to find the difference by &#8216;adding up&#8217; from the small number to the bigger. We also use place value &#8216;Hundreds, Tens and Units&#8217;. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/2026\/01\/21\/subtraction-method-tips\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Subtraction method tips<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26669,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}