subtraction
350- 48 =
What is 302?
4 x 5 =
What is 20?
24 ÷ 6 = ?
What is 4?
There are 67 bird families living near the mountain. If 32 bird families flew away for winter, how many bird families were left near the mountain?
What is 67 – 32 = 35
35 bird families were left near the mountain.
What is the product of 8 x 6?
What is 48?
Helen the Hippo and her friends are preparing for Thanksgiving at Helen’s house. Let’s find out how much food they have prepared for the party. Helen baked 435 chocolate chip cookies yesterday and 139 cookies this morning. How many cookies did Helen bake?
What is 435 + 139 = 574
Helen baked 574 cookies.
What is 36 divided by 4 boxes.
What is 36 ÷ 4 = 6
The wolves, though accustomed to cold weather, also wanted to move away from the incoming winter. If there are 143 packs of wolves living in the forest and 31 packs went away, how many wolf packs were left in the forest?
What is 143 – 31 = 112
There were 112 wolf packs left in the forest.
Andrew is having his friends over for game night. So, he decided to prepare snacks and games. He started by making mini sandwiches. If he has 4 friends coming over and he made 3 sandwiches for each one of them, how many sandwiches did he make?
What is 4 x 3 = 12
He made 12 sandwiches in total.
Dylan the Dog prepared 241 hotdog sticks in a huge brown bag. His father placed 426 more hotdog sticks in the same brown bag. How many hotdog sticks did Dylan and his father place in the brown bag?
What is 241 + 426 = 667
Dylan and his father placed 667 hotdog sticks in the brown bag.
Ms. Sarah was cleaning her room and she found a box with all of her watercolor paintings. She thought of placing an equal number of paintings in four of the rooms in the house. If Lexie has 32 watercolor paintings, how many paintings will be placed in each of the four rooms?
What is 32 ÷ 4 = 8
There will be 8 paintings to be placed in each of the four rooms.
Some deer families are also moving out to avoid the shortage of grass that will result from the snow. If there are 79 deer families in the area and 45 of them stayed, how many deer families moved out?
What is 79 – 45 = 34
34 deer families moved out for winter.
Andrew also made some juice from fresh oranges. If he used 2 oranges per glass of juice and he made 6 glasses of juice, how many oranges did he use?
What is 2 x 6 = 12
He used 12 oranges
Helen’s mother brought 756 hotdogs. After a few hours, Dylan’s mother arrived with 479 hotdogs and 600 buns. How many hotdogs do they have altogether?
What is 756 + 479 = 1,235
They have 1,235 hotdogs altogether
Ms. King is cleaning her room. 3 piles of clean white papers were stacked in the corner of her room. She decided to place these papers in paper envelopes which can hold 10 papers each. How many paper envelopes does she need if she has 90 clean white papers?
What is 90 ÷ 10 = 9
She will need 9 paper envelopes
Even the chipmunks tried to get away to find other warmer places to stay. They would have to walk for 14 days to get somewhere warmer. If 21 chipmunks were left from the original 256, how many chipmunks went away?
What is 256 – 21 = 235
325 went away to find warmer places.
Lastly, Andrew tried to compute his expenses for the game night. If he spent $9 for each game they played and they played a total of 5 games, write an equation for how much money he spends on games that night?
What is 9 x 5 = 45
Andrew spent $45.00 for that night.
Pinky made 3,889 miniature pumpkin pies for everyone, and Helen made 2,438. How many miniature pies do they have in total?
What is 3,889 + 2,438 = 6,327
There 6,327 miniature pumpkin pies in total.
Ms. Savill dropped a box of paper clips. Ms. King helped pick up all the paper clips. She was able to collect 81 paper clips. If she wants to distribute the paper clips in 9 boxes, write an equation showing how many paper clips each box will contain.
What is 81 ÷ 9 = 9
Each box will contain 9 paper clips.