Tutorial Use the formula ALL FROM 9 AND THE LAST FROM 10 to perform instant subtractions. For example 1000 - 357 = 643 We simply take each figure in 357 from 9 and the last figure from 10. So the answer is 1000 - 357 = 643 And thats all there is to it! This always works for subtractions from numbers consisting of a 1 followed by noughts: 100; 1000; 10,000 etc. Similarly 10,000 - 1049 = 8951 For 1000 - 83, in which we have more zeros than figures in the numbers being subtracted, we simply suppose 83 is 083. So 1000 - 83 becomes 1000 - 083 = 917 Exercise 1 Tutorial 1 Try some yourself: 1) 1000 - 777 = 2) 1000 - 283 = 3) 1000 - 505 = 4) 10,000 - 2345 = 5) 10,000 - 9876 = 6) 10,000 - 1011 = 7) 100 - 57 = 8) 1000 - 57 = 9) 10,000 - 321 = 10) 10,000 - 38 =