DOUBLE DIGIT SUBTRACTION What Is Double Digit Subtraction? • Double digit subtraction is taking a number with two digits (ex. 23) and subtracting it from another two digit number (ex. 33). • The answer is known as the difference. 33 -23 10 (difference) How to Do Double Digit Subtraction: 1. When subtracting numbers with two digits, you begin by adding the ones place first. 45 - 33 2 2. The second step is to subtract the numbers in the tens place. 45 - 33 12 Try This! Try these subtraction problems. 74 46 15 63 84 57 - 21 - 45 - 13 - 40 - 32 - 25 © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.