Subtracting Whole Numbers

The answer to a subtraction problem is difference

• True

• False

693 minus 150 equals _____

881 minus 79 equals _____

A crayon company makes 17,491 green crayons, 16,262 blue crayons, and 15,063 red crayons. How many more green crayons are made than red crayons?

• 2,428 crayons

• 3,463 crayons

• 10,456 crayons

• 32,554 crayons

19,385-15,720

• 3,665

• 35,105

• 3,655

• 3,565

693-150

• 543

• 843

• 553

• 443

881-79

• 818

• 812

• 802

• 960

How many more people attended the museum on Sunday than on Monday and Tuesday combined?

• 1,420 more people

• 152 more people

• 564 more people

• 374 more people

A group of mountain climbers begin their descent from the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. On Monday, the mountain climbers descended 3,499 feet. On Tuesday, they descended another 5,262 feet. How many feet have the mountain climbers descended? How far do they have left to go?

• 8,661 feet descended and 10,680 feet left

• 8,751 feet descended and 10,590 feet left

• 8,651 feet descended and 10,690 feet left

• 8,761 feet descended and 10,580 feet left

90,023 - 26,712

• 63,319

• 64,211

• 64,319

• 63,311