Subtraction in Word Problems

While playing a game Frank had 82 lives and 17 health. He lost 44 lives on a hard level. How many lives does he have left?

• 27 lives

• 38 lives

• 48 lives

• 27 healths

• 99 lives

Roger had $85. He spent $52 on 13 new video games. How much money does he have now?

• 18 video games

• 25 video games

• $39

• $72

• $33

which problem makes the Answer to number =5 ?

• 4-1=

• 6-1=

Randy had 10 apples he gave 4 to Carmella and he also gave 2 apples to Gabriel, How many apples does Randy has? Identify the correct Word problems by looking the questions.

• 10-4-2= 2

• 10 - 4 -2= 4

• 10-4-2= 0

Caleb and Makena went fishing.  Caleb caught a fish that was 8 inches long.  Makena's fish was 13 inches long. How much longer was Makena's fish?

• 5

• 21

• 20

• 7

Bella has 10 crayons. Sally has 5 crayons. How many more crayons does Bella have than Sally?

• 10

• 15

• 5

• 1

The girl had 5 pets.  The 3 dogs were outside.  How many cats did she have?  What number sentence tells the story?

• 5-3=2

• 3-2=1

• 5+3=8

• 3 = 5+2

10 bats flew in the cave.  4 flew out.  How many were still in the cave?  

• 10+ 4 = 14

• 10 - 4 = 6

• 10 - 6 = 4

• 4 = 10 + 6

If Sarah has 9 cups of icing and gives her neighbor 4 cups of icing how many cups of icing does Sarah have left.

• 5

• 3

• 2

If Sally has 19 pies and gives Payton 4 pies and gives Meredith 3 pies and gives Andrea 5 pies, how many pies does Sally have left?

• 7

• 8

• 9