Subtraction with Borrowing: KS2 Maths Revision Song

Included:
1. Subtraction with Borrowing Animated Music Video
2. Subtraction with Borrowing Song Lyrics
3. Subtraction with Borrowing Vocab Reinforcement Sheet

In the video we will term this concept, "Subtraction with Regrouping", but the learning intention remains exactly the same. Either term, Subtraction with Regrouping, or Subtraction with Borrowing is acceptable internationally.

ABOUT SUBTRACTION REGROUPING MUSIC VIDEO ANIMATION

Farmer Jerry loves to rap about borrowing in subtraction equally as much as he hates getting chased by those pesky bees! Listen to Farmer Jimmy spin some slick rhymes as he shows us what's going on when we regroup in subtraction. Come along and take a visit to the farm with us, you'll be glad you did!

LYRICS


Thirty hens where hanging in their chicken pen
When eleven of them suddenly jumped over the fence.

How many hens remained in the pen?
To figure out the difference, we’ll use subtraction.

Zero minus one can't be done
Because the top number’s smaller than the bottom one.

So we regroup a ten into ten ones
When the top number’s smaller in subtraction.

(Nineteen hens stayed in the pen!)

There were twenty bumble bees flying all around me.
I yelled, “shoo!” and two decided to leave.

Then how many bumble bees were chasing me?
If we regroup, we can find the difference with ease.

Zero minus two, here’s what to do,
‘cause the zero is smaller than the two.

So we regroup a ten into ten ones
When the top number’s smaller in subtraction.

(Eighteen bees are still chasing me)

* UK Age Range:
| Year 2 - Year 3 - Year 4 |
KS1 - KS2 Maths