bathany has 40 apples write a subtraction story about apples that would require regrouping
Bathany has 40 apples. She gave 25 of these apples to a neighbor. How many apples does she have left?
Bethany has 40 apples. Write a subtraction story about the apples that would require regrouping. Then write the answer in a complete sentence
To create a subtraction story that requires regrouping with Bathany's 40 apples, we can consider a scenario involving two individuals, Bathany and her friend Ryan. Here's the story:
"Bathany and Ryan decided to share Bathany's 40 apples. They wanted to see how many apples they would have left if Ryan took some apples. Bathany was generous and offered Ryan 27 apples. They both counted the remaining apples, and surprisingly they found that they still had some apples left! They were curious to know the exact number of apples they had left, so they decided to subtract.
Starting with Bathany's 40 apples, they subtracted the number of apples Ryan took, which was 27. Since the apples they had left were less than what Ryan took, they had to regroup or borrow.
They started by subtracting the ones place (units) first. Since 7 is greater than 0, they couldn't directly subtract. So, Bathany had to regroup a ten apple from the tens place.
They converted one of the tens place apples into 10 ones (10 apples), which they added to the ones place. Now, they had 10 apples in the ones place. Then, they subtracted 7 from the ones place, which left them with 3 apples in the ones place.
Moving on to the tens place, they subtracted 2 (from 20 minus the ten apple that was regrouped), which left 18 apples in the tens place.
So, Bathany and Ryan had 18 apples in the tens place and 3 apples in the ones place after sharing the apples and subtracting the number of apples Ryan took."
This subtraction story demonstrates how regrouping is necessary when subtracting numbers to accurately determine the remaining quantity.