Channel 4 Learning



Programme 11: Take it Easy
Strategies for calculating differences mentally

Decimole helps Sad Man to find the difference between two numbers by counting on from the lower number. On the college campus, Bad Man asks passers-by to subtract numbers by jumping along his number line. The Jumper, the latest Maths Monster Machine, sings 'Do the Jump'. In the Great Hall for the final challenge, the contestants follow Jumper's advice and win a maths card.

Viewers' Challenge

Work out mentally the subtraction: 7007 minus 4994.

Answers

Click on a letter below to choose an answer.

2007
3007
2003
1003
2013