subtraction word problems

Isabella has 11 pencils and Riley

has 9. How many fewer pencils

does Riley have than Isabella?

• 11

• 2

• 20

• 9

Jake painted 7 pictures and Jill

painted 5. How many fewer

pictures did Jill paint than Jake?

• 5

• 7

• 12

• 2

There are 15 monkeys

and 7 tigers at the zoo.

How many more monkeys

are there than tigers?

• 7

• 15

• 8

• 22

Colton earned $12 for

raking leaves and his

brother earned $7. How

much more money did

Colton earn than his

brother?

• 19

• 5

• 7

• 12

There were 10 girls and 8

boys at the party. How

many more girls were at

the party than boys?

• 8

• 18

• 10

• 2

Bill had 8 balls. He lost 4 balls. How many balls does he have now?

• 8

• 4

• 12

There are 112 ducks at the pond. 78 ducks flew away. How many ducks are still at the pond?

• 44 ducks
• 34 ducks
• 54 ducks
• 64 ducks

The store has 150 baseballs. At the end of the month, there were 81 baseballs left. How many baseballs did the store sell?

• 69 baseballs
• 59 baseballs
• 70 baseballs
• 68 baseballs

Maggie practiced her flute for 100 minutes. Julia practiced her flute for 85 minutes. How much longer did Maggie practice?

• 12 minutes
• 14 minutes
• 17 minutes
• 15 minutes

Max is 183 cm tall. Ruby is 169 cm tall. How much taller is Max than Ruby?

• 12 cm
• 16cm
• 14 cm
• 18cm