Subtract Tens
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Word Problems
100

80-30=?

50

8-3=5 

add the 0!

100

Start at 65. Jump back 20. Where do you land?

45

100

Break apart 24 into tens and ones.

20+4

100

70-40=

30

100

There are 50 cookies. You eat 20. How many are left?

30 cookies

200

76-20=?

56

200

Start at 78. Jump back 30, then 5. Where do you land?

43

200

Solve 56 − 23 by subtracting tens, then ones.

33

200

85-32=

53

200

Mia has 68 stickers. She gives away 24. How many remain?

44 stickers

300

95-40=?

55

300

Use a number line to solve 82 − 24.

58
300

Solve 78 − 35 by decomposing 35.

43

300

63-29=

34

300

There are 82 cupcakes. The baker sells 37. How many remain?

45 cupcakes

400

64-30=

34

400

Use a number line to solve 73 − 38.

35

400

Solve 62 − 27 by breaking apart 27.

35

400

A student says 72 − 25 = 53. Find the mistake and correct it.

47. After 72 − 20 = 52, subtract 5 to get 47.

400

Our class has 75 pencils. We give away 28. How many are left?

47 pencils

500

90−60=

30

500

Start at 91. Jump back 40, then 7. Where do you land?

44

500

Solve 94 − 48 using a subtraction strategy.

46

500

Solve 91 − 46 and explain your strategy.

45. For example, subtract 40 to get 51, then subtract 6 to get 45.

500

A bakery makes 90 cookies. It sells 26 in the morning and 18 in the afternoon. How many are left?

46 cookies