Subtraction Key Words

Subtraction Key Words

Key words

Difference

Remain

Fewer

How many more

Take away

Are left

Less

Minus

For a party Roger bought eighty-five cupcakes. After the party he had sixty-eight left. How many were eaten at the party?✔ 1

A store has thirty-three shirts. After selling some there were twenty-six left. How many did they sell?

Isabel had twenty-three sheets of paper in her desk and eighteen more in her backpack. How many did she have total?

A baker made forty-five cakes. If he sold twenty-six of them how many cakes would the baker still have?

At a bus stop nine people got off the bus. Now there were eighty-six people on the bus. How many people were on the bus before?

On Facebook Lana had thirty-six photos of her friends and twenty-six photos of her family. How many photos did she have total?

Emily had ninety-four DS games. If she gave sixty-five to her friend, how many would she have left?