Solve Vertical Subtraction: 43 minus 6

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve

00:03 Each time we calculate subtraction of 2 digits, and then we substitute

00:06 3 is less than 6

00:09 Therefore we subtract 1 from the tens and add this amount to the ones

00:20 So now instead of 3 we will have 13

00:25 We subtract the ones from the ones plus ten

00:28 We place in the ones

00:31 We place 0 in the missing digits

00:34 We subtract tens from tens, and place in tens

00:37 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

Step 1: Perform vertical subtraction aligning the numbers by place value.
Step 2: Subtract the digits in the ones place and the tens place, borrowing if needed.

Now, let's work through each step:

Step 1: Write the numbers vertically:

$\begin{aligned} &43 \\ -& \\ &~~6 \\ \end{aligned}$

Step 2: Begin subtracting from the right (ones place):

- $3 - 6$ needs borrowing since 3 is less than 6.
- We borrow 1 from the tens digit, turning 3 into 13 and reducing the 4 to 3 in the tens place.

- Now, subtract: $13 - 6 = 7$ .

Move to the tens place:

- With the tens place borrowed from earlier, $3 - 0 = 3$ .

Therefore, the answer to the subtraction $43 - 6$ is $\mathbf{37}$ .

Thus, the correct answer is $37$