Two Digit Subtraction
Word Problems
Subtraction and
Word Problems
Check your answer with addition.
100

     12

-    10

2

100

Coach Bon's class has 28 pencils. 13 pencils break. 

How many pencils does the class have now?

15 pencils

100

     80

-    40

40

100

Your number sentence is 55-26=29.

Write an addition fact that you could use to check your subtraction.

29+26=55 or

26+29=55

200

     45

-    21

24

200

Maya read 18 books this summer. Coach Bon read 10. How many more books did Maya read than Coach?

8 books

200

     91

-    77

14

200

Your number sentence is 72-33=39

Write an addition fact that you could use to check your subtraction.

39+33=72 or 

33+39=72

300

     33

-    12

21

300

Hudson drew 18 cats. Harper drew 23 cats. How many cats did they draw together?

41 cats


300

     33

-    19

14

300

Your number sentence is 44-29=15

Write an addition fact that you could use to check your subtraction.

15+29=44 or

29+15=44

400

     32

-    25

7

400

Matyas wrote 87 words on his paper. Ms. Moore wrote 52 words. How many more words did Matyas write than Ms. Moore?

35 words

400

Carter and Nolan built a Lego building together. They had 85 pieces in all. Carter had 32 pieces. How many pieces did Nolan have?

53 pieces

400

Your number sentence is 73-55=18

Write an addition fact that you could use to check your subtraction.

18+55=73 or

55+18=73

500

     82

-    58

24

500

Kaiana did 21 jumping jacks. Scarlett did 18 jumping jacks. How many more jumping jacks did Kaiana do than Scarlett?

3 jumping jacks

500

Ally and Terryn sold 80 raffle tickets together. Terryn sold 35 tickets. How many tickets did Ally sell?

45 tickets

500

Your number sentence is 100-64=36

Write an addition fact that you could use to check your subtraction.

36+64=100 or

64+36=100