Subtraction Problems
What Number Am I
Removal, Comparison or How Many More?
Multi Step Word Problems
Single Step Word Problems
100
143 - 53? Use two strategies to solve.
What is 90
100
The difference between 1,000 and me is 223. What numbers could I be?
1,223 & 1,000
100
Caroline has 52 erasers. Lakshya has 98 erasers. How many more erasers does Lakshya have? Solve and write whether it is a removal, comparison, or how many more problem.
46 comparison
100
Amy had twenty-six music files and thirty-six video files on her flash drive. If she deleted forty-eight of the files, how many files were still on her flash drive?
14
100
Bryce had 38 erasers. He gave 17 to his brother. How many does he have left?
21
200
What is 264 - 108? Solve using two strategies.
156
200
The difference between 5,000 and me is 667. What numbers could I be?
5,667 and 4,333
200
Izzie collects post cards. She has 112 in her collection so far. How many more does she need to get to 200? Solve and write whether it is a removal, comparison, or how many more problem.
88 how many more
200
Oliver had one hundred thirty-five dollars. For his birthday he got fifty more dollars but spent eighty-four on a new game. How much money does he have now?
$101
200
Louisa collects CD's. She had a total of 231. She had to throw out 115 of them because they got scratched. How many CD's does she have now?
116
300
What is 1,456 - 365? Solve using two strategies.
1,091
300
The difference between 1,500 and me is 400. What numbers could I be?
1,900 and 1,100
300
Kendall has 244 Funion chips. Braylen took and ate 103 of her chips. How many Funions does Kendal have left? Solve and write whether it is a removal, comparison, or how many more problem?
101 removal
300
Vanessa and her mom were picking carrots from their garden. Vanessa picked two hundred seventeen and her mother picked eighty seven. If only twenty-four of the carrots were good, how many bad carrots did they have?
280
300
The cafeterias had 1,323 slices of pizza. They sold 888 of them. How many did they have left?
435
400
What is 3,456 - 847? Solve using two strategies.
2,609
400
The difference between 8,500 and me is 1,200. What numbers could I be?
7,300 and 9,700
400
Brooke's family was taking a trip to Asheville. The total trip was 312 miles. They traveled 110 miles and stopped for lunch. How many more miles did Brooke's family have to travel to reach their destination?
202 how many more
400
Ms. Deming was driving a total of 572 miles home to New York. She drove 213 miles and then stopped at her friends house. She drove another 50 miles and all of a sudden had to stop when she saw signs for a mall. How many more miles did she have left to go?
735
400
Caroline has seventy four dollar in her piggy bank. Avi has one hundred eighteen in his. How much more does Avi have than Caroline?
44
500
What is Ms. Watson's sister's name?
Meg