Subtraction Word Problems
Amanda made 244 cupcakes for the bake sale and sold 121 of the cupcakes. How many cupcakes does she have left?
123 cupcakes
Bill bought a couch worth $355 and a lamp worth $175. How much did he spend altogether?
He spent $530
It rained for 1 hour. How many minutes did it rain?
60 minutes
A vineyard sold 957 boxes of red and green grapes. If 485 boxes had green grapes, how many boxes contained red grapes?
472 boxes contained red grapes
Adam donated 245 clothes, and Mark donated 368 clothes. How many clothes did they donate altogether?
They donated 613 clothes
Brandy read 312 books this year. Namjoon read 188 books this year. How many books did they read altogether?
They read 500 books altogether.
GameStop has a collection of 891 games in two different genres. If 665 games are racing games, how many games are in the adventure genre?
226 games are adventure games
Jeremy read 428 pages of a book on Wednesday. Carlos read 379 pages of a book on Wednesday. How many total pages were read on Wednesday?
807 pages were read
Naomi blew up 244 balloons for a birthday party. 125 of the balloons flew away. How many balloons were left?
119 balloons were left
Ashlee had 456 Pokémon cards and gave 50 cards to her sister Amy and 159 to her best friend Carmen. How many Pokémon cards does Ashlee have left?
Ashlee has 247 Pokémon cards left
A cupcake store sold 525 vanilla cupcakes and 313 chocolate cupcakes. What was the total number of cupcakes sold?
838 cupcakes were sold
Evelyn needs help solving 398 + 142.
What strategy would be the most efficient in helping her to solve the problem?
Number bond.
You can use this strategy because it will be easy to make a hundred. You can turn 398 into 400!
169 sandcastles were made at an annual sandcastle contest. If 118 sandcastles were washed away soon after the event, how many sandcastles remained?
51 sandcastles remained
A charity drive receives 258 toys on Monday, 45 toys on Wednesday, and 117 toys on Friday. How many toys did they receive?
420 toys
Eunice has 3 quarters, 1 dime, and 3 pennies. How much money does Eunice have in all?
0.88 cents