Word Problems
Find the difference
Subtraction
Front End Estimation
Missing Addends
100
Gary swam 1,348 yards. Brandon and Gary both swam a total of 2,523 yards. How many yards did Brandon ?
What is 1175?
100
Jamie has 758 gum balls. Tory has 903 gum balls. How many more gumballs does Tory have compared to Jamie?
What is 145?
100
I had 46 cents. I gave the man 29 cents. How much money do I have left?
What is 17 cents?
100
Find the difference. $6.38-$1.04
What is $5.00?
100
What is the missing addend? 15+__=23
What is 8?
200
Sherrie read 36 pages in her book. The book has 152 pages. How many pages does she have left to read?
What is 116?
200
Solve this problem $21.58 - $5.25
What is $16.33?
200
Jerry has 58 ants in his ant farm. His little sister opens his farm and 26 ants escape. How many ants are still in his farm?
What is 32?
200
Use front end estimation to estimate the difference. 8,278-7,913
What is 1,000?
200
Find the missing addend. __+25=44
What is 19?
300
Jeff Climbed to 4,000 feet on Rocky Mountain. Marcus climbed 4,696 feet. How many feet did the boys climb in all? What is the expression? *double points if you solve it*
What is 4,000 + 4,696? 8,696?
300
On Friday, 919 people went to see a play. On Saturday, 489 people went to the play. How many more people saw the play on Friday rather than Saturday?
What is 430?
300
7,000-4,512
What is 2488?
300
Kay Road Elementary library has 3,349 books. The city library in peach county has 29,345 books. Using front end estimation how many more books the library has compared to Kay Road Elementary?
What is 26,000 books?
300
Find the missing addend. 40+__=152
What is 112?
400
Karrie has 1984 beads from Mardi Gras. She gives 847 to her sister. How may does Karrie have left?
What is 1137?
400
Mike wanted to buy a t shirt that costs $232 and he only has $150 in his wallet. How much more money does he need to buy the shirt?
What is $82?
400
1,345-384=
What is 961?
400
Jason has 410 red marbles in one jar and 891 blue marbles in another jar. About how many more blue marbles does Jason have than red?
What is 400?
400
524+__=856 Find the missing addend.
What is 332?
500
Patricia collected 205 stickers. Her sister gave her 875 more stickers. How many stickers does she have in all? What is the expression and solve?
What is 875+205? 1,080 stickers?
500
Michelle has 42,712 pages in her book. Beth has 36,852 pages in her book. How many pages do both books have in all?
What is 79,564?
500
Tom has 99 cookies. He gave 47 cookies to his teacher. He gave 37 to his class. How many cookies does Tom have left for himself?
What is 15?
500
There are 14 students on your bus. At the next stop, 29 students get on. When you get to school, 18 students get off the bus. How many students are left on the bus? *double points if you can solve the problem with front end estimation*
What is 25?
500
Find the missing addend. 1,832+___=8,020
What is 6,188?
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