Subtraction practice problems
Subtraction is a mathematical (arithmetic) operation or numerical performance. It is marked with a minus sign (hyphen), the opposite of the addition operation. For example, 5 minus 3 is 2 (5-3=2). The number 5 is called the minor, the number 3 is the denominator, and the subtraction result (number 2) is the difference. We get a negative number if we subtract the larger number from the smaller one. We can also subtract more numbers, thus subtracting them sequentially from left to right. The subtraction operation has a lower priority than multiplication, division, and exponentiation.Number of problems found: 1641
- A flour
A bag contains 3 cups of flour. Jasiah removes 1/3 cup of flour for baking. How much flour is left in the bag? Write your answer as a mixed number. - Runners 5
Ahmed runs for 4 1/2 hours a day, and Heba runs for 3 1/4 hours a day. What is the difference between the time they both run? - Distance - number line
What is the distance between −93 and 114 on a number line? - Below zero
The temperature on Saturday was 14.5 degrees below zero. The temperature then decreased by a further 2 degrees. What is the new temperature? - Stefan
Stefan sells Jin a bicycle for $147 and a helmet for $18. The total cost to Jin is 150% of what Stefan originally spent to buy the bike and helmet. How much did Stefan spend originally? How much profit did he make by selling the bicycle and helmet to Jin? - Nely and chocolate
Three friends share a chocolate bar. Polly ate 2/5 of the chocolate bar, Kim ate 3/7 of the chocolate bar, and Nelly ate the rest. What fraction of the chocolate bar did Nelly eat? - Pizza - slices
Owen and Scott each ordered a pizza for lunch. Owen ate 9/16 of his pizza and Scott ate 3/4 of his pizza. How much more pizza did Scott eat than Owen? - Flower shop 2
Jenna went to a flower shop. The shop has a sign showing the following prices: rose; 0.75 carnation ; 0.90 lily ; 1.40 Jenna bought 2 lilies, 3 carnations, and 5 roses. If she paid $20 to the shop owner, how much change did she get? - Spending in 3 days
Jesse spends 1/2 of his pocket money on Monday. On Tuesday, he spends 2/3 of what is left. On Wednesday, he spends 1/4 of what remains. What fraction of his pocket money does he have left? - Six eggs
I have six eggs. I broke two, I fried two, and I ate two. How many do I have left? - The Three Little Pigs
Mary had 3 pigs and gave 1 pig to Will. How many pigs does Mary have left? - Temperature in Portland On Sunday afternoon the temperature in Portland was 2 °C. By midnight the temperature had dropped by 8 °C. What was the temperature at midnight?
- Tammy
Tammy attends Gray River College. Tuition this year is $6,450. Tammy's parents have saved $2,000 for her tuition. She also has a grant for $1,100 and a music scholarship for $800. Tammy plans to earn the rest at her work-study job. How much money does Tam - Submarine and plane
A submarine is floating 900 m below sea level. Directly above it, an aeroplane is flying at an altitude of 4,800 m above sea level. What is the vertical distance between the two? - The average age
The average age of a 5-member committee is the same as it was 3 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a new one. Find the difference between the ages of the old and new members. - Salary up and down After reducing a man's salary by 50%, it is then increased by 50%. Find the net gain or loss percentage.
- The sum 52
The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 10. When the digits are interchanged, the resulting number is 54 less than the original. What is the original number? - Pizza - sleepover Patricia and Amber had 9 pizzas delivered for a sleepover. Patricia ate 2/3 of the pizzas. How many pizzas did Amber eat? Nothing was left.
- Britney
Britney made 12 1/4 bags of popcorn for a movie night with some friends. Together they ate 8 7/8 bags of it. How much popcorn was left? Write the result as a fraction or a mixed number. - Mowing lawn
Tara is mowing her lawn. She mows 3/5 of her 925-square-metre lawn before stopping to chat with a neighbour. How many square metres does Tara have left to mow?
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