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100

There are 222 children at the museum. Then 101 leave to go home. How many children are left at the museum?  

121

100

10 less than 694

684

100

300- 100 = ?

200

100

Use base 10 blocks to solve. 

765 - 122 = ?

643

100

100 less than 900

800

200

Logan has 341 Pokemon stickers. He gives 128 Pokemon stickers to Jefri. How many Pokemon stickers does Logan have now? 

213

200

10 less than 400

390

200

494 - 100 = ?

394

200

Use decomposing (break apart) to solve. 

555 - 139 = ?


500 - 100 = 400

50 - 30 = 20

5 - 9 = X

20 - 10 = 10

15 - 9 = 6

416

200

10 less than 100

90

300

Aaliyah has 732 pieces of candy. Serenity has 481 pieces of candy. How many more pieces of candy does Aaliyah have than Serenity? 

251

300

10 less than 707

697

300

100 less than 109

9

300

Use an open number line to subtract. 

793 - 181 = ?

Start at 793 

793 - 100 = 693

693 - 80 = 613

613 - 1 = 612

300

There are 562 Magnatiles in the box. 132 Magnatiles go missing. How many Magnatiles are left?  

430

400

Luke collects coins. He has 400 coins in his collection. If Luke gives his brother 190 coins, then now many coins will Luke have left?

210

400

501 - 10 = ?

491

400

100 less than 951

851

400

Use an open number line to count on. 

704 - 301 = ?

Start at 301

301 + 400 = 701

701 + 3 = 704

Answer: 403

400

There are 346 bees pollinating a garden. There are 158 beetles pollinating the same garden. How many more bees than beetles in the garden? 

188

500

McKenzie has 152 markers. She gives 97 markers to Arionna. How many markers does McKenzie have now? 

55

500

What is 10 fewer than 101?

91

500

What is 100 fewer than 602?

502

500

Use any strategy to solve.

600 - 170 = ?

430

500

Jameson has 500 stuffed animals. He donates 150 stuffed animals to charity. How many stuffed animals does Jameson have left? 

350

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