Friday 7 March 2014

Year 5 Mathematical Magicians

Subtraction Magic Trick!
By Clara L and Matthew K

In Mathematics in Year 5, we are learning about Addition and Subtraction. In Subtraction, Miss Lee showed us a very smart subtraction trick. This trick is for subtraction sums with lots of zeroes and it must end with a zero. These are the steps to a subtraction trick that will make you extremely smart! There will also be an example.

Step 1: Write the problem.            9, 000, 000
                                              -     874, 392 = ?

Step 2: Take away 1 from the first number.       8, 999, 999
                                                                    -   874, 392 =?

Step 3: Figure out the problem.    8, 999, 999
                                       -   874, 392                                  
                                              ________
                                             8, 125, 607                                                           

Final Step: Plus the 1 that you took away on the 2nd step.  8, 125, 607 +1= 8, 125, 608

So, you can do a sum with 50 zeroes and get the answer right!

14 comments:

  1. There's no magic in this 'magic trick'.

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  2. That was the best trick ever.

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  3. it is very usefull!!!!!

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  4. This was a really usefull trick and was really fun learning about!

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  5. I liked it alot!

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  6. It was a smart idea.

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  7. It comes in very handy and its really useful!

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  8. I really liked that subtraction maths trick, it came in handy!

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  9. It was a good trick and comes in handy.

    From Abby

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  10. It was very helpful and helps with math like that

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  11. I liked how you showed us how to do it

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  12. Awesome trick I have used it many times and it has been very helpful.

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  13. Great work and good demonstrations

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  14. Really good explanation really helpful

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