Subtraction Vocabulary
Estimate Differences
Exact Differences
Subtraction with Zeros
Word Problems
100

What are the three subtraction vocabulary words?

minuend, subtrahend, and difference

100

estimate to the nearest 100:

596-384 = ?

600-400=200

100

394 - 291 = ?

103

100
900 - 283 = ?

617

100

3rd grade sold 103,283 cookies at the bake sale and 4th grade sold 29,274 cookies, How many more cookies did 3rd grade sell than 4th?

74,009 more cookies

200

label 405 in 600-195=405

difference

200

Estimate to the nearest 10:

593 - 173 = ?

590 - 170 = 420

200

783 - 264 = ?

519

200

3,900 - 274 = ?

3,626

200

Ms. Gibbs spent $9,383 on holidays gifts and Mrs. Ayars spent $5,694 on holiday gifts. What is the difference between how much Ms. Gibbs spent and how much Ms. Ayars spent?

$3,689

300
Label 495 in 495-100=395

minuend

300

Estimate:

1,927 - 982 = ?

2,000 - 1,000 = 1,000

300

5,284 - 3,274 = ?

2,010

300

35,800 - 12,384 = ?

23,416

300

Sydney collected 506 seashells at the beach this summer. Reese collected 948 seashells at the beach. About how many more seashells did Reese collect than Sydney?

900-400=400 more seashells

400

Label 6 in 458-6=542

subtrahend

400

Estimate to the nearest 100:

9,575 - 8,364 = ?

9,600 - 8,400 = 1,200

400

12,475 - 3,173 = ?

9,302

400

409,222 - 84,088

325,134

400

 Mrs. Frohman earned 1,385 tokens on Freckle this year. Reece earned 4,000 tokens on Freckle this year. How many more tokens did Reece earn than Mrs. Frohman?

2,615 more tokens

500

Label each of the numbers: 198-10=188

198-minuend

10-subtrahend

188-difference


500

Estimate:

841,433 - 13,274 = ?

800,000 - 10,000 = 790,000

500

749 , 192 = 45,183 = ?

704,009

500

400,000 - 283,781 - ?

116,219

500

Ms. Gibbs went to Target. She wanted to purchase a new TV. The Samsung TV costs $45,184 and the Sony TV costs $54,183. Which TV is cheaper to purchase? How much cheaper?

the Sony TV. It is cheaper by $8,999

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