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Subtraction Problems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Payton had 16 markers. She gave 5 of them to Juan. How many markers does Payton have left?

a)

11

b)

398

c)

21

d)

1

2.

Ella had 15 ribbons. she gave 7 of them to Grant. How many ribbons does Ella have left?

a)

5

b)

15

c)

8

d)

22

3.

The bakery has 381 chocolate cupcakes and 346 vanilla cupcakes. How many more chocolate cupcakes are at the bakery?

a)

25 cupcakes

b)

45 cupcakes

c)

35 cupcakes

d)

36 cupcakes

4.

The local school is collecting money to help pay for new recess equipment. The school wants to collect $2,000.00. If the school collects $1,455.00, then how much more money do they need to collect?

a)

$545

b)

$645

c)

$445

d)

$535

5.
a)
239
b)
230
c)
170
d)
160
6.

A school collects cans for a food drive. Third-graders collected 327 cans. Third-graders collected 138 more cans than second-graders. How many cans did the second grade collect?

a)

289

b)

211

c)

189

d)

111

7.
a)
b)
c)
d)
8.
a)
396
b)
414
c)
596
d)
386
9.

Tory sold 18 vacuums. She has delivered 7 of them. How many vacuums does Tory have left to deliver? 

a)

11

b)

25

c)

21

d)

10

10.
a)
279
b)
269
c)
331
d)
278
11.

An art teacher had 736 crayons.

She threw away 197 broken crayons. Then she bought 150 more crayons. Which equation shows how to find the number of crayons the art teacher has now?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

12.

A fifth grader has 75 Pokemon cards. He lets his friend borrow 8 cards. Then he lets his other friend borrow 4 cards. How many cards does the fifth grader have after he lets his friends borrow some cards?

a)

52 cards

b)

71 cards 

c)

67 cards

d)

63 cards 

13.

Gary wants to buy a new video game system that costs $395.00. He has $318.00. How much more money does Gary need?

a)

$57

b)

$67

c)

$77

d)

$87

14.

There were 6 students sitting on each of the 4 benches on the playground. Then 3 students left. How many students were left on the benches?

(a)  

15.

We had 3 people in person in class today, then 2 more students came and joined our class. Each student in class got 5 stickers. How many stickers did Mrs. Morehouse give out?

(a)  

16.

Ms. Sims had a ball of string that was 72 inches long. She cut 14 inches of string to tie up a plant. Later, she cut off 18 inches of string to repair her laundry bag. How many inches of string were left?

a)

58

b)

54

c)

48

d)

40

17.

Bailey used place value blocks to model a subtraction problem.  What regrouping did Bailey show for the problem 234-143?  (* Hint- Do the problem.  What re-grouping did you do on top of the problem?)
2 hundreds, 3 tens, 4 ones as 

a)

2 hundreds, 13 tens, 4 ones 

b)

1 hundred, 3 tens, 14 ones 

c)

1 hundred, 13 tens, 4 ones 

d)

1 hundred, 13 tens, 10 ones 

18.

A.J. had 405 prize tickets. He traded 192 of the tickets for a toy and 25 tickets for a drink. How many prize tickets does he have left?

a)

188

b)

198

c)

212

d)

213

19.

A party store had 344 balloons at the beginning of the day. By the end of the afternoon, they had sold 245 of these balloons and were hoping to sell another 50 balloons that night. How many balloons did the store have left to sell at the end of the afternoon?

a)

49

b)

99

c)

101

d)

539

20.

Lambert Car Wash washed 239 cars on the first Saturday of July. On the second Saturday, it washed 278 cars. On the third Saturday, it washed 249 cars. how many more cars were washed on the second Saturday than the third Saturday?

a)

39

b)

31

c)

29

d)

28