Subtraction Word Problems

Windermere Elementary School has 156 students. Windermere Jr. High School has 592 students. How many more students does the Jr. High school have?

• 548 students

• 436 students

• 447 students

• 325 students

The Fox Theater in St. Louis had the play "Annie" in December. On the first day, they had 245 people. On the last day, they had 379 people. How many fewer people came on the first night than on the last night?

• 134 people

• 35 people

• 145 people

• 234 people

If Jeffery has 154 games for his Nintendo Switch and gives Arjun 33 of them. How many games does Jeffery have left?

• 121

• 135

• 145

• 131

Ken had 53 pieces of candy. He gave 28 of them away. How many pieces of candy does Ken have left?

• 15

• 25

• 28

Tina read 433 pages of her book. If there are 873 total pages, how many more pages does she have left to read?

• 230

• 400

• 440

Michelle had 377 candles. She used 240 of them. How many candles does she have left?

• 137

• 117

• 501

John saw 230 ants while on a picnic. He dropped a cookie and then 119 more ants came out. How many ants did John see altogether?

• 345

• 349

• 394

Serenity had 49 songs on her tablet. She downloaded 35 more songs. How many songs does she have now?

• 14

• 84

• 74

Ming has a book with 351 pages. She has read 214 pages so far. How many pages are left to read?

• 143

• 565

• 137

Mrs. Smith has 645 rings and 324 bracelets. How many more rings than bracelets does Mrs. Smith have?

• 321

• 969

• 311