Subtraction Word Problem

William has 6 cookies. Eva has 3 cookies. How many more cookies does William have?

• 10

• 9

• 3

• 7

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CCSS.2.OA.A.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

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.3

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

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

If Payton has 24 pencils and gives Nathalie 17 of her pencils how many pencils does Payton have left?

• 14

• 7

• 9

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

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

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Benny picked 37 apples from the orchard, and gave 11 apples to Keith. How many apples does Benny have now ?

• 26 fruit

• 27 apples

• 15 apples

• 26 apples

• 48 apples

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Melanie has 47 blue marbles, she gave Tim 21 of the marbles. How many blue marbles does she now have ?

• 68 marbles

• 86 marbles

• 26 toys

• 25 marbles

• 26 marbles

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

A waiter had fifty-seven customers. If twenty-three left, how many customers would the waiter still have?

• 20 customers

• 34 customers

• 25 customers

• 11 customers

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

For a party Kaleb bought ninety-eight cupcakes, and twenty five pies. If ninety-five cupcakes were eaten, how many cupcakes would Kaleb have left?

• 3 cupcakes

• 73 cupcakes

• 60 cupcakes

• 37 cupcakes

• 28 cupcakes

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A clown had forty-three balloons, and five squirting flowers. He gave thirty-seven balloons away at a party. How many balloons does he still have?

• 16 balloons

• 32 balloons

• 6 balloons

• 45 flowers

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7