Word Problems (subtract)
There are 33 boys and 44 girls at the Stars game. How many more girls than boys are at the game?
11
The Stars play 61 games at home out of a total of 38 games. How many games are played away from home?
23
66
+ 33
99
83
- 6
7
18
- 6
12
There are 16 children and 87 adults at the Stars game. How many more adults than children are at the game?
71
On Tuesday's quiz I got an 86. On yesterday's quiz I didn't do so well. I got a 59. How many more points did I get on Tuesday's quiz than on yesterdays?
27
52
+ 23
75
85
- 36
49
36
- 24
12
Manny sells 32 sodas and 67 bottled waters. How many more bottled waters than sodas are sold?
35
I went to the store to buy some chips. The chips cost 77 cents. I gave the cashier 85 cents. What will be the difference?
8
76
+ 11
87
154
- 36
118
What's wrong with this problem?
15
- 85
The smaller number is on the top!
Jane sells 551 bags of peanuts and 581 hot dogs. How many more hot dogs than peanuts are sold?
30
I like to count my candy every Halloween. Last year, I counted 154 pieces of candy, this year I counted 166 pieces of candy. What is the difference between this year and last year?
12 candies
521
+ 433
954
182
- 57
125
88
-15
73
The Stars sell 53 pennants. Of those, 16 are small pennants and the rest are large pennants. How many large pennants are sold?
37
Paul likes to help out at his school. He is a breakfast and lunch volunteer. He decided to one day count how many kids he serves during breakfast compared to lunch. During breakfast he counted a total of 156 children. During lunch he counted a total of 261 children. How many fewer children go to breakfast as compared to lunch?
105
752
+ 12
764
354
- 139
215
555
- 333
222