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\\\"You can\\\'t take 3 from 2,\\\\\\\\
2 is less than 3\\\\\\\\
so you look at the 4 in the 10th\\\'s place\\\\\\\\
Now that\\\'s really 4 tens\\\\\\\\
so you make it 3 tens\\\\\\\\
and regroup and change a 10 to 10 ones\\\\\\\\
and add them to 2 and that\\\'s twelve\\\\\\\\
and you take away 3 and leaves... 9! \\\"\\\\\\\\

Now.... That\\\'s not really that complicated... having been taught that kind of math I can show what the core thing about it is (for anyone who\\\'s actually interested that is).\\\\\\\\
The teachers that taught me \\\"New Math\\\" put it this way:
Big numbers are just a ton of little numbers added together, like roman numerals.
342-173\\\\\\\\
would be equal to (300+40+2)-(100+70+3)... or (100+100+100+10+10+10+10+2)-(100+10+10+10+10+10+10+10+3).
We go into the first digits, and since 2 is less than 3,we take the 40, which is really (10+10+10+10) and we grab one of those 10s.
We add it to the 2 and that makes 12.\\\\\\\\
12-3= 9\\\\\\\\
Since we took care of those, now we\\\'re left with 330-170=(100+100+100+10+10+10)-(100+10+10+10+10+10+10+10)
We take the next digits.
30-70\\\\\\\\
And the 30 is smaller than the 70, so we take the 300, which is just (100+100+100) and we take one of those 100 and give it to the 30, making this:\\\\\\\\
130-70= 60\\\\\\\\
Now we\\\'re left with (100+100)-(100)... I know this one is very tricky, but I trust you\\\'ll get 100 out of that.\\\\\\\\
Now, add all the pieces together and you have \\\\\\\\
9+60+100= 169.\\\\\\\\
See? not hard at all!!!
Any parents that had trouble helping their kids with their math can now use this guide! YAY! XD
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