Word Subtraction Word Problems

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

Eric had 167 hats. His uncle gave him 82 more. How many hats does Eric have in all?

• 249

• 125

• 105

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

At the bake sale there were 308 cookies. They sold 179

cookies. How many cookies do they still need to sell?

• 129

• 229

• 271

Sarah had one package of crayons that had 48 crayons in it. She had another package of crayons that had 24 crayons in it. How many crayons did Sarah have in all?

• 24

• 62

• 72

Newman had 280 ice-cream bars. During lunch some of the ice-cream bars were sold. After lunch 130 ice-cream bars were left over. Which answer choice best represents one way to find the number of ice-cream bars sold during lunch.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Last month Ms. Brown sold 107 T-shirts and 88 sweatshirts. How many more T-SHIRTS were sold than sweatshirts?