Subtraction Problems
57 - 24 =
33
What is the missing number?
____ - 17 = 3
20 - 17 = 3
There are 27 books on the shelf. Rose takes 14 books. How many books are on the shelf? Write the subtraction sentence.
_______ - ________ = _________
27 - 14 = 13
92 - 39 =
53
What is the missing number?
36 - ______ = 13
36 - 23 = 13
43 fish were swimming. 28 of them swam away. How many remain?
Write your subtraction sentence?
______ -_______= _______
43 -28 = 15
38 - 7 =
31
What is the missing number in this subtraction problem?
71 - _____ = 14
71 - 57 = 14
Ms. Wilson has 44 soccer balls. Ms. Hickson has 16 soccer balls. How many fewer soccer balls does Ms. Hickson have than Ms. Wilson.
44 - 16 = 28
57 - 27 =
30
What is the missing number?
24 - ______ = 5
24 - 19 = 5
Ms. Trent had 84 apples. She gave 26 apples to Mr. Allen. How many apples does Ms. Trent have now?
84 - 26 = 58
81 - 27 =
54
What is the missing number?
_______ - 33 = 28
61 - 33 = 28
Ms. Wallace had some Pokemon cards. She gave 38 Pokemon cards to her good friend, Rudi. Now, Ms. Wallace has 44 Pokemon cards. How many Pokemon cards did Ms. Wallace have in the beginning?
82
82 - 38 = 44
or
38 + 44 = 82