Substraction Strategies
Word Problems
Definitions
100

Solve 52-25 using a hundreds chart 

27

100

Hailey had 30 lollipops. She gave 15 away to her friends. How to many lollipops does she have left? 

15 lollipops

100

The answer to a subtraction problem is the __________. 

difference

200

Solve 75-34 using a number line 

41

200

Connor had 45 pokemon cards. He gave 18 away to his friends after school. How many pokemon cards does he have left. 

27 pokemon cards

200

What are compatible numbers? 

Numbers that make a math problem easy to solve. 

300

Solve 89-77 using break apart 

12

300

Mrs. Fox bought 25 books. She gave 1 away to each of her 23 students. How many books does she have remaining? 

2 books

300

True or false: Mental math is where you solve the problem on a piece of paper. 

False: mental math is done in your head

400
Solve 100-32 using any strategy

68

400

Ms. Tran and Ms. H both have 10 cookies each. They give 5 to miss Fox. How many cookies does Ms. Tran and Ms. h have left? 

15 cookies 

400

minus, less than, and take away are all ways to say what kind of math problem?  

subtraction