Subtract It Down
Word Problems
Vocab and Mystery Problem
100
8,715 - 5, 923=
What is 2,792
100

An airplane flew 25,497 miles last month. This month, the airplane will fly 86,400 miles. How many more miles will the airplane fly this month than it did last month?

What is 60,903 miles

100

How much more

What is a key word for subtraction

200
6000-2,173=
What is 3,827
200
Sara scored 2,293 points in a video game. That was 1,536 more than Elvin's score on the same game. How many points did Elvin score?
What is 757 points
200

Borrowing

What is to take 10 from the next place value

300
9,534 - 4,085=
What is 5,449
300
There are 11,500 seats in the basketball arena. For one game, 9,465 seats were filled. How many seats were empty?
What is 2,035 seats were empty
300

Difference

What is subtraction

400
18,143 - 5,923=
What is 12,220
400

Ten years ago, Bob bought a used boat that cost 14,854 dollars. Last year, he sold it for 6,614 less dollars than he bought it for. How much did Bob sell the boat for?

What is 8,240 dollars

400
What do you do if the digit you are borrowing from is a 0

What is go to the next digit

500
The difference in 8,125 and 15,219
What is 7,094
500

George bought a car for $17,067. This price included a leather package for $1,248 and a heated seats for $269. What was the price of the car without these features?

What is $15,550

500

What is the missing digit that makes the problem correct?

2 6 4 , 6 0 1

- 4 X , 7 8 0

2 1 7 , 8 2 1


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