Subtraction Word Problems

Subtraction Word Problems

​The store had 412 pumpkin pies. 132 pumpkin pies are sold. How many pumpkin pies are left?

There are 138 turkeys on a turkey farm. 86 of them escaped. How many turkeys are left? 

Mrs. Webster baked 205 cookies to bring to a Thanksgiving feast. 137 cookies were eaten. How many cookies were still left over?

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Hy-Vee made 607 Thanksgiving meals for the students at Woodward-Granger. 489 meals were eaten? How many were not eaten?

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There were 865 shoppers lined up outside of Target for the Black Friday Sale. Only 585 shoppers were let inside the doors. How many shoppers were left to wait outside?

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901 pumpkins were grown at Smith’s Pumpkin Patch for pumpkin pies. 399 pumpkins were used. How many pumpkins were not used?