Subtraction Action
Bailey had 16 treats. She gave 7 to Gravy. How many does she have left?
16-7=___
OOOOO OOOOX XXXXX X
She has 9 treats left.
Jim had 8 skittles. Pam give him 9 more. How many does he have now?
8 + 9 = ____
OOOOO OOO } OOOOO OOOO
He has 17 skittles now.
There were 10 M&Ms in a dish. Some were red and some were yellow. How many could be red and how many could be yellow?
1+9=10
2+8=10
3+7=10
4+6=10
5+5=10
6+4=10
7+3=10
8+2=10
9+1=10
We cannot use 0 because the problem says "some" and 0 is "none"
23, 24, 25, ___, 27, 28
26
1+6 = 7
True
O + OOOOO O = 7
Mrs. Pelles had 15 balloons. 9 of them popped. How many will she have left for her party?
15-9= ___
OOOOO OXXXX XXXXX
She has 6 left for her party!
Mickey had 9 ice creams. Minnie gave him 3 more. How many ice creams does he have now?
9 + 3 = ___
OOOOO OOOO } OOO
He has 12 ice creams now.
There were 14 birds in a tree. Some were red and some were white. How many could be red? How many could be white?
1+13=14
2+12=14
3+11=14
4+10=14
5+9=14
6+8=14
7+7=14
8+6=14
9+5=14
10+4=14
11+3=14
12+2=14
13+1=14
We cannot use 0 because the problem says "some" and 0 is "none"
36, 37, 38, 39, ___, 41, 42
40
8 + 4 = 11
NOT TRUE
OOOOO OOO + OOOO = 12
There were 19 birds in a tree. 11 flew away. How many birds are still in the tree?
19-11= ___
OOOOO OOOXX XXXXX XXXX
There are 8 birds left in the tree.
Daisy found 14 seashells at the beach. Donald found 6 more shells. How many did they find altogether?
14+6=___
OOOOO OOOOO OOOO } OOOOO O
They found 20 seashells altogether.
Mrs. Griggs had 9 stickers. Some were pink and some were green. How many could be pink? How many could be green?
8+1=9
7+2=9
6+3=9
5+4=9
4+5=9
3+6=9
2+7=9
1+8=9
We cannot use 0 because the problem says "some" and 0 is "none"
45, 46, ___, 48, 49
47
7 + 4 = 13
NOT TRUE
OOOOO OO + OOOO = 11
Ms. Zannini has 15 cookies. She gave 12 to Mrs. Breneman. How many cookies does she have left?
15-12=___
OOOXX XXXXX XXXXX
She has 3 cookies left.
Goofy bought 8 slices of pizza. His son Max bought 10 more. How many slices did they buy altogether?
8 + 10 = ___
OOOOO OOO } OOOOO OOOOO
They have 18 slices of pizza.
Ms. Breneman has 11 lollipops. Some are blue raspberry and some are watermelon. How many could be blue raspberry? How many could be watermelon?
10+1=11
9+ 2=11
8+3=11
7+4=11
6+5=11
5+6=11
4+7=11
3+8=11
2+9=11
1+10=11
We cannot use 0 because the problem says "some" and 0 is "none"
59, 60, __, 62
61
10 + 9 = 19
TRUE
OOOOO OOOOO + OOOOO OOOO = 19
Ms. Consentino has 14 cupcakes. She accidently dropped 8 of them. How many does she have left to share with Ms. Hidalgo?
14-8=___
OOOOO OXXXX XXXX
She has 6 left to share with Ms. Hidalgo.
Cinderella put 13 bows on her dress. Her fairy godmother put 6 more on her dress. How many does she have on her dress now?
13 + 6 = ___
OOOOO OOOOO OOO } OOOOO O
There are 19 bows on her dress now.
There were 20 kids in a class. Some were boys and some were girls. How many could be boys? How many could be girls?
1+19=20 19+1=20
2+18=20 18+2=20
3+17=20 17+3=20
4+16=20 16+4=20
5+15=20 15+5=20
6+14=20 14+6=20
7+13=20 13+7=20
8+12=20 12+8=20
9+11=20 11+9=20
10+10=20
We cannot use 0 because the problem says "some" and 0 is "none"
121, 122, 123, ___, 125
124
15 + 3 = 18
TRUE
OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO + OOO = 18