Subtraction
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Addition Word Problems
Subtraction Word Problems
100

4 - 9

What is 5?

100
2+4
What is 6
100
Mary picked 2 oranges and Fred picked 7 oranges from the orange tree. How many oranges were picked in total ?
What is 9 oranges
100

Ms.Davis is a school janitor. Last week, she picked up a total of 77 pieces of trash. If she picked up 20 pieces of trash in the classrooms, how many pieces of trash did Alice pick up outside the classrooms?

What is 57 pieces of trash?

200

27-16

What is 11

200
16+9
What is 25
200
Benny has 9 red and 4 blue marbles. Alyssa has 2 red marbles. How many red marbles do they have in all ?
What is 11 red marbles?
200

Alderman Elementary cafeteria goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 91 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 30 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have?

What is 61 grams of peanut butter?

300

75-25

What is 50

300

52+25

What is 340

300

A large company is hosting a conference. So far, 50 people from the United States have signed up, as well as 30 people from other countries. What is the total number of people who have signed up?

What is 80 people?

300

Julie's Baking Company had 48 eggs. Then employees used 30 eggs to make apple crisp. How many eggs are left?

What is 18 eggs?

400
21-13
What is 8
400

80+39

What is 119

400

Dalton won an award because he wrote 47 popular songs. However, he also wrote 22 songs that weren't popular. How many songs did Dalton write?

What is 69 songs?

400
There were a total of 753 books sitting on a bookcase in Joe's bedroom, until he sold 719 of them. How many books are left on the bookcase?
What is 34 books?
500

55-42

What is 13

500

77 + 21

What is 98

500

A company built some new houses in Morgan County, painting them with 48 gallons of blue paint and 30 gallons of white paint. How many gallons of paint did the company use?

What is 78 gallons of paint?

500

Mr.Hershey had 69 pieces of chocolate. He decided to give 42 pieces of chocolate away. How many pieces of chocolate does he have left?

What is 27 pieces of chocolate?