Subtraction
Word Problems
Multi-Step Problems
Funny Numbers
100

What is the difference? 

75 - 24

51

100
Wrigley has 48 bones. She ate 23. How many bones does she have left?
25 bones
100

Miss Little has 33 purple markers. She buys 23 more markers. Then she gives 5 markers to Mrs. Anderson. How many markers does Miss Little have now?

51 markers

100

Write the number sentence and solve:

sixty-eight minus 3 tens and 2 ones

68 - 32 = 36

200

What is the difference?

48 - 35

13

200

There were 65 kids outside for recess. One class went back inside. Now there are 45 kids outside. How many kids were in the class that went back inside?

20 kids

200

Jill's Bake Shop made 32 chocolate cupcakes and 47 vanilla cupcakes. They sold 29 cupcakes. How many cupcakes are still left?

50 cupcakes

200

2 tens and 6 ones 

        minus 

2 tens and 3 ones

300

What is the difference?

82 - 49

33

300

Ms. Haselton had 64 stickers. She gave some to Miss McGuire. Now Ms. Haselton has 31 left. How many stickers did she give away?

33 stickers

300

The Sweetville Movie Theater sold 95 bags of popcorn. 38 of those were caramel, 25 were cheese, and the rest were butter. How many were butter?

32 bags of butter popcorn

300

l l l l . . .  minus  l l l . . . . . .

43 - 36 = 7

400

What is the difference?

43 - 18

25

400

There were some oranges. Kalyn ate 18 oranges. Now there are 28 oranges. How many oranges were there to start?

46 oranges

400

A birthday cake has 99 sprinkles on it. 27 of the sprinkles are pink. 35 of the sprinkles are green. The rest are blue. How many sprinkles are blue?

37 blue sprinkles

400

fifty-six   minus    twenty-three

56-23= 33

500

What is the difference?

57 - 38

19

500

Mrs. Kasper started the year with 45 tubs of play-doh. 28 of them are dried out. How much play-doh is left?

17 tubs

500

At the park I saw 32 animals. I saw 12 dogs and 15 squirrels. The rest were frogs. How many frogs did I see?

5 frogs

500

7 tens and 3 ones 

minus

3 tens and 6 ones

73 - 36 = 37