Subtraction Word Problems

There were 5 cold drinks in total at the shop. A person bought 2 cold drinks. How many cold drinks are left?

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Your cousin said he had 12 toy cars. When he cleaned his desk, he found only 7 toy cars. How many toy cars were missing?

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Alfred had 95 pieces of puzzles with him. These total pieces make a complete puzzle picture. However, he lost 5 of them while he went to the park. How many pieces of puzzles does Alfred have with himself?

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Team India scored a total of 250 points. 130 points were scored in the first half. How many points were scored by Team India in the second half?

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

A shopkeeper normally sells a total of 25,000 trump cards per month. In March, the shopkeeper sold a total of 30,300 trump cards. How many more trump cards did the shopkeeper sell in March as compared to the normal month?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Jesse had 50 blueberries. He gave 10 to his friend Walter and 6 to his friend Saul. How many blueberries does Jesse have left?

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Jay has a huge cow farm with 465 cows in total. He decided to sell some of his cows. He sold 200 cows to Harvey and 50 to Jake. How many cows does he have now?

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Jos bought a big bag of marbles to share with his cousins. In total, there were 245 marbles. He gave 45 marbles to Sanju and 50 marbles to Ravi. How many marbles were left with Jos?

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Jordan had a collection of 1000 cards. He gave 153 to his cousin Shay. He also gave 134 cards to Alex. How many cards does Jordan have with himself?

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Steve scored a total of 50,567 points while playing an online game, while Adam scored a total of 49,567 points playing the same game. How many points more did Steve score than Adam?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3