Level 1 Subtraction Problems
Word Problems
How many tens and/or ones?
Level 2 subtraction problems
Level 3 subtraction problems
100

27-7

20

100

Quindarius has 17 pieces of candy. He gave 9 pieces to his sister. How many pieces of candy does Quindarius have now?

Quindarius has 8 pieces of candy.

100

25

2 ten

5 ones

100

37-9=

28

100

21-12=

9

200

38-7

31

200

Abriah has 25 stickers. She gives away 12 stickers. How many stickers does Abriah have now?

Abriah has 13 stickers.


200

84

8 tens

4 ones

200

45-7=

38

200

35-18=

17


300

50-20=

30

300

Mrs. Witzke has 65 books in the library. 47 books were checked out. How many books does Mrs. Witzke have in the library now?

Mrs. Witzke has 18 books. 

300

76

7 tens

6 ones


300

63-25=

38

300

70-19=

51

400

38-21=

17

400

Ms. Jones took 16 pictures from a photo album. Now there are 40 pictures in the photo album. How many pictures were in the photo album to begin with?

There were 56 pictures in the album.

400

53

5 tens

3 ones

400

65-21=

44

400

73-25=

48

500

29-11=

18

500

Quincey had 24 pieces of paper. Thomas gave him 14 more pieces of paper. Then Quincey gave 20 pieces of paper to Xavier. How many pieces of paper does Quincey have left?

Quincey has 18 pieces of paper left. 

500

9

0 tens

9 ones

500

57-39=

18

500

95-37=

58