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Subtraction
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100

305 - ? = 242

63

100

597-180=

417

100

300-218=

82

100

There are 423 boys and 590 girls at a soccer game. How many more girls than boys are there in the game?

167 more girls than boys

100
What is 3,859 - 1,738?

2,121

200

? - 638 = 313

951

200

383-147=

236

200

900-432=

468

200

Rocco drove for 225 miles to visit New York City from Washington DC. His friend, Noah, drove 797 miles from Chicago. How many more miles than Noah did Rocco drive?

572 more miles

200

Mrs. Cummings says 400 - 198 is 398. Is she correct?

No, she did not regroup in the hundreds place. The answer should be 102.

300

? = 477 - 341

136

300

892-639=

253

300

2,000-1,015=

985

300

Ava guessed how many fruit loops were in a jar. She guessed that the number of fruit loops in the jar was 356 but the book fair revealed that the exact number of fruit loops was 890. How many fruit loops fewer than what was in the jar did Ava guess?

534 fruit loops

300

Estimate - Round to the nearest hundred 456 - 328 =

200

400

992 - ? = 579

413

400

1,973-556=

1,417

400

6,000-249=

5,751

400

Jolie borrowed $267 from her mom and she promised to pay her back once she got paid. Next paycheck, she received $969 and she paid her mom the money as promised. How much money was she left with?

$702

400

Mrs. R says 927 - 398 is 671. Is she correct? What did she do wrong?

No. She forgot to regroup. The answer should be ____

500

? - 187 = 584

771

500

7,272 - 4,717

2,555

500

7,000 - 4,090

2,910

500

Yohanna was at Barnes and Nobles. She bought a book that cost $12.99. She bought another book that costed $19.99. She paid with a fifty dollar bill. How much change did she get back? HINT: TWO STEPS!

$17.02

500

What is the missing digit?

  3 , 0 3 5

- 2 , 0 ? 2
___________

  1 , 0 0 3 

3