Counting back subtraction word problems

Journee has 7 apples. Ty’keilen used 3 to make a pie. How many apples does Journee have left?

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CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Martha has 5 teddy bears. She gives 3 of them to her sister. How many teddy bears does she have now?

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CCSS.1.NBT.C.4

CCSS.2.MD.B.6

There are 7 students in a classroom. Mrs. Snyder has 10 paint tubes. She gives one to each student. How many tubes are left over?

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Maria builds 9 sandcastles on the seashore. 6 get washed away by waves. How many of Maria’s sandcastles remain?

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CCSS.1.NBT.C.4

CCSS.2.MD.B.6

Ja’Nyria has 4 jump ropes. 2 of them are adjustable. How many are cannot be adjusted?

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

For Valentine’s Day, Robert has 10 valentines to hand out. He handed out 4 in Miss Fernanders’ class. How many does he have left to give to Miss Hall’s class?

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CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Robert and Journee go in to a grocery store to buy 10 gallons of ice cream for a class party. When the get to the ice cream aisle, there are only 7. How many more do they need to get?

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CCSS.1.NBT.C.4

CCSS.2.MD.B.6

One school bus can bring 20 students to school. On Monday, 5 students missed the bus. How many students made it on the bus?

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Ty’keilen has 19 pages of homework. He finishes 12 at school. How many does he have left to finish when he gets home?

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CCSS.1.NBT.C.4

CCSS.2.MD.B.6

Ja’Nyria order a pizza that had 12 slices. Her brother ate 4 slices and her mom ate 2 slices. How many slices of pizza are left for Ja’Nyria to eat?

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CCSS.1.OA.A.1