When a teacher brings up, “Subtraction,” he is bound to hear a lot of groans.  Many students find subtraction confusing and because of this they dislike it. Students often struggle with subtraction, more specifically subtraction with regrouping, because they don’t have a strong conceptual understanding of place value.

Since it’s almost Valentine’s Day, we’d like to challenge you to learn to LOVE subtraction. In order to help you, we have made this handy video playlist of Subtraction Strategies that span the grades. Check the playlist out, try the strategies out, and let us know how else we can help you learn to LOVE SUBTRACTION!