How Many Were Left?
Subtract It Down
Word Problems
Basic Subtraction
Review
100

Sally had 50 m&ms and Bob ate 29 of them. How many were left?

What is 21 m&ms

100

8,715 - 5, 923=

What is 2,792

100

There are 148 people watching a movie in the theatre. The theatre has a total of 280 seats. How many seats are empty?

What is 132 seats

100

Subtract 5,678 - 4,321

What is 1,357

100

Subtract 7,000 - 3,500

What is 3,500

200

Susie has 349 outfits for her toy doll but decided to sell 139 in her garage sale. How many outfits will she have after the sale?

What is 210

200

6000-2,173=

What is 3,827

200

Sara scored 2,293 points in a video game. That was 1,536 more than Elvin's score on the same game. How many points did Elvin score?

What is 757 points

200

Subtract 600 - 423

What is 177

200

Subtract 5,325 - 2,213

What is 3,112

300

Mrs. Love's class started the year with 25 students. As the year went on, four students moved away. In April, she has one student move back. How many were in her class at the end of the year?

What is 22 students

300

9,534 - 4,085=

What is 5,449

300

There are 11,500 seats in the basketball arena. For one game, 9,465 seats were filled. How many seats were empty?

What is 2,035 seats were empty

300

Subtract 7,900 - 2,899

What is 5,001

300

Write 5,610 in expanded form.

What is 5,000 + 600 + 10

400

Choice of question! Partner B write a problem and everyone else solve.

Answers will vary.

400

18,143 - 5,923=

What is 12,220

400

At the football game, the concession sold 450 fruit cups and 835 bags of popcorn. How many more bags of popcorn than fruit cups did they sell?

What is 385 more bags of pop corn

400

Subtract 3,683 - 1,521

What is 2,162

400

Use <,>,= 237,325 _____ 237,352

What is <

500

25,946 - 2,869

What is 23,077

500

The difference in 8,125 and 15,219

What is 7,094

500

George bought a car for $17,067. This price included a leather package for $1,248 and a heated seats for $269. What was the price of the car without these features?

What is $15,550

500

Subtract 4,000 - 2,327 - 25

What is 1,648

500

Write in standard form: eight hundred nine thousand, sixty-two

What is 809,062

M
e
n
u