Question

To solve 32 – 19 using compensation strategy, we add 7 to 32 in the first step. How do we compensate for the 7 that we added?

• A. Add 7 to the answer
• B. Subtract 7 from the answer
• C. Subtract 19 from the answer
• D. Subtract 14 from the answer

Answer 1

The correct option is B Subtract 7 from the answer

Let us solve 32 – 19 using compensation strategy.

So, we can see in the solution above that to compensate for the 7 added in the first step, we subtract 7 from the result of the step one.

Hence, Option B is correct.