Find the Difference
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Make up the story
100

Find the difference.

17-8=

9

100

Nick has 25 baseball cards.  Clark has 32 baseball cards.  Jacob has 34 baseball cards.  How many more cards does Jacob have than Nick?

9 more cards

100

Nico brought 18 cans of soda to share with his friends.  At the end of the day he had 5 cans left.  How many cans of soda did Nico and his friends drink.

5 + ____ = 18

13 cans of soda

100

16-7= ____. 

Is the difference odd or even?  How do you know?

9 is odd because there will be leftovers.

100

Make up a story to match this problem.

53-37 = 18

Teacher decides if the story is correct.

200

Find the difference

49-6=

43

200

Henry & Jett went to the store and bought 46 Pokemon cards.  If Jett bought 28 cards, how many cards did Henry buy?

18 Pokemon cards

200

Solve this problem

23 + _____= 56

33

200

Anya had saved 432 dollars for a bike she wanted.  The bike she wanted was 100 less than she had saved. How much was the bike Anya wanted?

332

200

Does this story match the problem 42-27 = 15

Coach Clark had 42 basketballs at the beginning of the school year.  At the end of the school year he only had 27 basketballs.  How many basketballs were missing?

Yes

300

Find the difference.

74-22=

52

300

Bridget's basketball team played two games.  The first game they scored 58 points.  The second game they scored 10 less points than the first game.  How many points did her basketball team score in the second game.

48 points

300

Solve this problem.

52 - _____ = 25

27

300

Which numbers below are less than 121

142

93

112

211

93 and 112 are less than 121

300

Does this story match the problem 32 + 37 = 69

Ms. Blanton bought 32 red roses.  Then someone gave her 69 roses.  How many roses does Ms. Blanton have now?

No

400

Find the difference.

75-46=

29

400

There were 37 people swimming in the pool at Das Rec.  Then some more people came into the pool.  Now there are 52 people.  How many people joined them in the pool?

15 more people

400

Solve this problem.

_____ - 43 = 28 

71

400

Cyric has 63 toy cars.  How can Cyric write this number of cars in expanded form?

60 +3 = 63

400

Create a story for this problem.

72-54= 18

Teacher decides if the problem is correct.

500

Find the difference.

90-43=

47

500

Mrs. Pagett saw 82 red cars while driving to Austin.  She saw 36 white cars.  How many more red cars than white cars did Mrs. Pagett see?

46 more red cars

500

Mrs. Hayes brought 43 candy canes from HEB.  On the way home 19 candy canes broke.  How many candy canes does Mrs. Hayes have left?

19 + ____ = 43

24 candy canes

500

Find the sum of 22 + 38 + 31= 

91

500

Create a story for this problem.  23 + 42 - 17= 48

Teacher decides if the story is correct.