SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING SUBTRACTION OF WHOLE NUMBERS INCLUDING MONEY WITH OR

WITHOUT REGROUPING

I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
COGNITIVE: Solve word problems involving subtraction of numbers including
money, with and without regrouping.
PSYCHOMOTOR: Write the number sentence for the given story problem.
AFFECTIVE: Participate actively in class discussion.
II. LEARNING CONTENT:
SKILLS: 1. writing number sentences for story problems.
2. Solving word problems involving subtraction of whole numbers
including money with and without regrouping.

REFERENCE: BEC – PELC IC 3.1 Textbooks in Mathematics 4

MATERIALS: Flashcards, chart on problem solving

VALUE: Intelligent decision in voting

III. LEARNING EXPERIENCES:

A. PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES

TEACHER ACTIVITY PUPILS ACTIVITY

1. DRILL
Have a short drill on selected subtraction facts
A. 35 C. 16 E. 34 A. 30
- 5 -8 -6 B. 11
C. 8
B. 18 D. 31 D. 22
- 7 - 9 E. 28

2. REVIEW
Find the difference
A. 7, 367 B. 6, 380 c. 7, 125 A. 5,053
-2, 314 - 2, 629 - 5, 443 B. 3, 751
C. 1, 682
D. 1, 233
D. 2, 375 E. 9, 245 E. 2, 515
- 1, 142 - 6, 730

3. MOTIVATION:
 If you are to vote in an election, If I were to select a good
how are you going to select leader I will choose a
leader? Why? person with a good
character.

B. DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES:
1. PRESENTATION
“Purok Masagana has 7, 206 registered voters. If 5, 271 are male voters, how many
are female voters?”
 What is asked? - The total No. of female votes
 What are the given - 7, 206 registered voters, 5, 271 male voters
 What operation will you use? - Subtraction
  What is the number sentence? - 7, 206 – 5, 271 = N
 Write the solution and Final answer - 7,206
- 5, 271
1, 935 – female voters
2. GROUP ACTIVITY
There are two problems for children to solve (Class divide into two (2) groups and each of
you have word problem)

Group 1
Mrs. Cantre wants to buy a washing Machine worth P 5,785; she has P 2, 356 on hand.
How many more money does she need in order to buy the Washing Machine?

- What is asked? - The amount of money does she need in

order to buy the Washing Machine.
- What are given? - P 5, 785 worth, P 2, 356 on hand
- What is the operation to be used? - Subtraction
- What is the number sentence? - P 5, 785 – P 2,356 = N
- Write the solution and answer. - ans. P 5,785
- P 2,356
P, 3,429 she need in order to buy the
washing machine.

Group 2
A big library has 28, 459 books in the shelves. There are 7, 079 science books. How many
books are not science- related?

- What is asked? - The total number of books are not science-

- What are given?
- Operation will you use?
- What is the number sentence
- Write the solution and final answer
3. GENERALIZATION
- What are the steps to follow in the
solving?
related.
- 38, 459 books in the shelves, 7, 079
science books.
- Subtraction
- 38, 459 – 7, 079 = N
- ans. 38, 459
- 7, 079
31, 380 are not science – related
- We must follow the steps in problem
Analyzing the word problem.
o What is asked?
o What is/ are given?
o What is operation are you
going to do?
o Write the number
sentence
o Write the solution and
final answer

C. APPLICATION: (Group Activity)

- Analyze and solve the following word problems.

 Mr. Perez has P 527, 968 in a saving bank. He withdrew P35, 500 for his children’s
school expenses. How much money is left in the bank?
  What is asked? - The amount of money left in the bank.
 What are given? - P 52, 968 saving bank, P 35, 500 for
children’s school expenses.
 What operation must be used? - Subtraction
 What is the number sentence? - P 52, 968 – P 35,500 = N
 Write the solution and final answer - ans. P 52, 968
- P 35, 500
P 17, 468 money left in the bank.
IV – EVALUATION:
Read and solve the following word problems
- The school property custodian distributed 4, 758 English and Mathematics books
for grade IV pupils. If 2, 307 are English books, how many are Mathematics books?

- What is asked? - The total number of Mathematics

books.
- What are given? - 4, 758 English and Math. books for
grade IV, 2,307 English books.
- What operation will you use? - Subtraction
- What is the number sentence? - 4, 758 – 2, 307 =N
- Write the solution and final answer. - ans. 4, 758
- 2, 307
2, 451 Math books.

V – ASSIGNMENT:
Read and solve the following word problems.

 The food committee ordered 15, 000 doughnuts. Only 13, 269 were sold. How many
doughnuts were left?
 To sustain and maintain the clean and green project, the city hired 315 new workers. If
they need 1, 210 new workers, how many more should be hired?