Subtraction
Eli is going on a vacation and buys pretzels and carrots to bring in the car. The pretzels weigh 314 grams, and the carrots weigh 453 grams. What is the difference between the weight of the pretzels and the carrots?
139 grams
When driving, Mrs. Bower uses 56 L of fuel every minute. Round to the nearest ten liters to estimate how many liters of fuel get used every minute.
60 L
The clock shows what time Jason gets to school in the morning.
What time does Jason get to school?
12:40
Ten bags of sugar weigh 1 kilogram. How many grams does each bag of sugar weigh?
100 grams
One woman drinks 3 L of water every day. How much water does she drink in 6 days?
18 L
Rishon goes to Safeway to buy chocolate chip cookies. Yum! He gets to the store at 3:31 and leaves the store at 3:57. Use a number line to determine how many minutes Rishon was at Safeway.
26 minutes
Anna is moving to Georgia. The total weight of her boxes is 146kg. On a number line, round the total weight to the nearest 100 kilograms.
100 kg
The clock shows what time Zachary starts playing with his action figures.
He plays with his action figures for 23 minutes.
What time does he finish playing?
2:55
Ashley and her brother Joe get weighed at the doctor’s office. Ashley weighs 35 kilograms, and Joe weighs 43 kilograms.
What is Ashley and Joe’s total weight?
78 kg
When driving, Mrs. Bower uses 56 L of fuel every minute. Calculate precisely how many liters of fuel get used every 3 minutes.
168 L
Together, it takes Reagan and Isaee 23 minutes to unload all of the groceries. If they finished unloading the groceries at 9:54 pm., what time did they start unloading the groceries? Use a number line to help you!
9:31 PM
Sarai drinks about 115 L of water in one month. Round to the nearest ten how many liters of water Sarai drinks in one month, then calculate exactly how much water she drinks in 3 months.
Estimate: 120 L
Actual: 115x3:345 L
Gilberto’s cat sleeps in the sun for 17 minutes. It wakes up at the time shown on the clock below.
What time did the cat go to sleep?
11:53
Mrs. Goldstein pours 3 juice boxes into a bowl to make punch. Each juice box holds 236 milliliters. How much juice does Mrs. Goldstein pour into the bowl?
708 milliliters
Rogelio drinks water at every meal. At breakfast, he drinks 227 milliliters. At lunch, he drinks 400 milliliters. At dinner, he drinks 187 milliliters.
Find the total amount of water he drinks at all three meals.
814 mL
The total length of a banner is 417 centimeters. Joseph paints it in 3 sections. The first 2 sections she paints are 187 centimeters long altogether. How long is the third section?
230 cm
A jet uses about 234 L of fuel every minute.
230 L
460 L
Peter practices violin for a total of 55 minutes over the weekend. He practices 25 minutes on Saturday. How many minutes does he practice on Sunday?
30 minutes
Jane and her 8 friends go apple picking. They share what they pick equally. The total weight of the apples they pick is 27 kg.
About how many kilograms of apples will Jane take home?
3 kg
A jet uses about 234 L of fuel every minute.
One man can carry 156 kg of luggage, and the second man can carry 200 kg of luggage.
Write and solve an equation to find out how much more the second man can carry than the first.
44 kg
Reagan just went grocery shopping and the weight of one grocery bag is 15 kg.
Reagan lifts 4 bags of the same weight. Round to the nearest 10 to estimate the total weight Reagan lifts. Then calculate the number exactly.
Estimate: 20x4=80
Actual: 60 kg