2-Digit Subtraction

Subtract

100

85-25= []

60

200

96-23= []

73

300

55-37 = []

18

400

47-38 = []

9

500

60-14 = []

46

Break Apart

100

22-8 =

14

200

73-9

64

300

63-16 = 

47

400

76-27 =

49

500

51-28 = 

23

Bar Models & Equations

100

Draw a bar model to show this word problem:

Meg has 16 candies. Jan has 30 candies. How many more candies does Jan have than Meg?

|                30                |

|       16         |-----------|

                            14

200

Draw a bar model to show this word problem:

27 birds sat in a tree. A cat climbed the tree and some birds flew away. 12 birds stayed in the tree. How many birds flew away?

|_                 27                   |

|     12      |            15          |

300

Write an equation with a [] to show the word problem. Then solve:

A teacher had some pencils. She gave 32 pencils to her students and had 18 pencils left. How many pencils did the teacher have to start with?

[] - 32 = 18

50 pencils

400

Write an equation with a [] to show the word problem. Then solve:

Tess picked 18 more tomatoes than Julie. Julie picked 19 tomatoes. How many tomatoes did Tess pick?

[] - 18 = 19

19 + 18 = []

37 tomatoes

500

Draw a bar model to show this word problem:

There are 11 more fish than parrots in a pet shop. There are 26 fish. How many parrots are there?

|__________26___________|

----------|__   __15               |

     11     

One-Step Word Problems

100

John has 46 pencils. He leaves 23 pencils at home. How many pencils does John have?

23 pencils

200

Wesley has 21 ribbons. Sarah has 15 ribbons. Who has more ribbons? How many more?

Wesley has 6 more ribbons than Sarah.

300

A group of 60 fish swim together. Then 25 fish swim away. How many fish are there now?

35 fish

400

Ms. Ortiz has 70 pages in her album. 38 of the pages are filled with photos. How many pages are not filled with photos?

32 pages

500

Jane had many shoes. She gave 13 pairs of shoes away. Then, she had 11 pairs of shoes left. How many pairs of shoes did Jane start with?

24 pairs of shoes

Two-Step Word Problems

100

Gary put 42 carrot sticks on a plate. His friends ate 15 carrot sticks and Gary ate 5. How many carrot sticks were still on the plate?

22 carrot sticks

200

Ben has 22 red and 22 blue marbles. Tim has 19 marbles. How many more marbles does Ben have than Tim?

25 more marbles

300

Dad caught 22 fish in the morning. He threw 5 back into the water because they were too small. After lunch he caught 12 more fish. How many fish did dad have then?

29 fish

400

Will and Tyler need to sell 85 tickets to reach their goal. Tyler already sold 22 tickets, and Will sold 15 tickets. How many more tickets do they need to sell to reach their goal?

48 more tickets

500

I read 25 pages of my book yesterday and 41 pages today. If my book has 95 pages in all, how many pages do I have left to read?

29 more pages