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Subtracting Decimals Partial Differences

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Subtracting Decimals Partial Differences

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🎯 Learning Goal

I can... subtract decimals using the partial differences strategy by breaking numbers into place value parts.

Success Criteria:

✓ I can identify place values in decimal numbers
✓ I can subtract each place value separately
✓ I can combine my partial differences to find the final answer

📚 Part 1: Guided Practice

1. Complete this partial differences example: 8.7 - 3.4

Step 1: Subtract the ones: 8 - 3 = _____

Step 2: Subtract the tenths: 0.7 - 0.4 = _____

Step 3: Add the partial differences: _____ + _____ = _____

2. Use partial differences to solve: 9.6 - 2.3

Ones: _____ - _____ = _____

Tenths: _____ - _____ = _____

Final answer: _____

3. Solve using partial differences: 15.8 - 7.5

Tens: _____ - _____ = _____

Ones: _____ - _____ = _____

Tenths: _____ - _____ = _____

Final answer: _____

✏️ Part 2: Independent Practice

4. 12.9 - 5.6 = _____
5. 20.4 - 8.7 = _____
6. 6.8 - 2.9 = _____
7. 14.3 - 9.8 = _____
8. Extension Challenge: 25.67 - 13.45 = _____

Hint: Break this into tens, ones, tenths, and hundredths

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