Subtracting Whole Numbers

What is the correct answer?

234,990 - 889 =

• 234,109

• 234,101

• 234,801

• None is correct

What is the correct answer?

99,000 - 788 =

• 98,221

• 98,888

• 98,288

• 98,212

Jack has 254 more cards than Sam. Jack has 300 cards. How many games does Sam have?

• 554

• 46

• 246

• 56

21 candles were burning on a cake. Juan blew some of them out to leave four burning. How many did he blow out?

• None is correct

• 18 candles

• 4 candles

• 17 candles

There were 9,500 spectators at a football match. 6,375 of them were men. How many were women?

• None is correct

• 3,225

• 3,123

• 3,126

After buying 6,708 more books for the library, there are 7,738 books now. How many books were there at first?

• 13,000 books

• 1,003 books

• 1,300 books

• 1,030 books

Mary sold 1,392 meatballs on Friday. She sold 1,940 more meatballs on Saturday than on Friday. How many meatballs did she sell on Saturday?

• 3,322

• 3,334

• None is correct

• 3,331

What is the correct answer?

60,990 - 999 =

• 59,990

• 59,991

• 59,901

• 59,091

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

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