Subtraction Slam
What is 5,706 − 4,859?
847
What is 5 × 617?
3,085
A school needs 150 pencils for a class project. The supply closet has 6 boxes with 12 pencils in each box. How many pencils does the school currently have?
72 pencils (6 × 12 = 72)
If 1 movie ticket costs $12, how much do 3 movie tickets cost?
$36
What is 8,042 − 3,765?
4,277
What is 6 × 843?
5,058
A food drive needs to collect 300 canned goods. Volunteers have already gathered 8 crates with 25 cans in each crate. How many MORE cans are still needed to reach the goal?
100 more cans (8 × 25 = 200; 300 − 200 = 100)
A pack of 5 candy bars costs $10. What is the cost per candy bar (unit rate)?
$2 per candy bar
What is 10,000 − 4,538?
5,462
What is 24 × 36?
864
A bakery needs 500 cupcakes for a wedding order. So far they've baked 15 trays with 20 cupcakes each and 10 trays with 15 cupcakes each. How many more cupcakes do they need to bake to reach 500?
50 more cupcakes (15×20=300, 10×15=150, 300+150=450, 500−450=50)
A gift shop sells a pack of 7 keychains for $9. What is the cost per keychain, rounded to the nearest cent?
≈ $1.29 per keychain
A stadium holds 15,203 seats. If 8,647 seats are filled, how many seats are empty?
6,556 seats
A box holds 617 crayons. A warehouse has 8 of these boxes. How many crayons total?
4,936 crayons
A charity needs 400 water bottles for a 5K race. They already have 200 bottles donated. The rest must be bought in cases of 24 bottles for $6 per case. How many cases must they buy (rounding up to a whole case), and what is the total cost?
9 cases for $54 (400−200=200 needed; 200÷24=8.33→round up to 9 cases; 9×$6=$54)
A recipe uses 3 cups of flour for every 4 cookies. How much flour is needed for 12 cookies?
9 cups