Subtraction
What is the difference?
75 - 24
51
Miss Little has 33 purple markers. She buys 23 more markers. Then she gives 5 markers to Mrs. Anderson. How many markers does Miss Little have now?
51 markers
Write the number sentence and solve:
sixty-eight minus 3 tens and 2 ones
68 - 32 = 36
What is the difference?
48 - 35
13
There were 65 kids outside for recess. One class went back inside. Now there are 45 kids outside. How many kids were in the class that went back inside?
20 kids
Jill's Bake Shop made 32 chocolate cupcakes and 47 vanilla cupcakes. They sold 29 cupcakes. How many cupcakes are still left?
50 cupcakes
2 tens and 6 ones
minus
2 tens and 3 ones
3
What is the difference?
82 - 49
33
Ms. Haselton had 64 stickers. She gave some to Miss McGuire. Now Ms. Haselton has 31 left. How many stickers did she give away?
33 stickers
The Sweetville Movie Theater sold 95 bags of popcorn. 38 of those were caramel, 25 were cheese, and the rest were butter. How many were butter?
32 bags of butter popcorn
l l l l . . . minus l l l . . . . . .
43 - 36 = 7
What is the difference?
43 - 18
25
There were some oranges. Kalyn ate 18 oranges. Now there are 28 oranges. How many oranges were there to start?
46 oranges
A birthday cake has 99 sprinkles on it. 27 of the sprinkles are pink. 35 of the sprinkles are green. The rest are blue. How many sprinkles are blue?
37 blue sprinkles
fifty-six minus twenty-three
56-23= 33
What is the difference?
57 - 38
19
Mrs. Kasper started the year with 45 tubs of play-doh. 28 of them are dried out. How much play-doh is left?
17 tubs
At the park I saw 32 animals. I saw 12 dogs and 15 squirrels. The rest were frogs. How many frogs did I see?
5 frogs
7 tens and 3 ones
minus
3 tens and 6 ones
73 - 36 = 37