Subtraction practice problems - page 42 of 83

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The cashier
Marissa bought a dress worth 1966.99. Suppose she gave 2000.00 to the cashier. How much has she changed?
Peter 2
Peter wanted to have 120 kilograms of fruit. He picked up ten bags. Each bag contains 9 1/2 kilograms. How many more kilograms does he need?
The temp range
What is the range in temperatures if the high temperature is 67 degrees Celsius and the low temperature is -25 degrees Celsius?
Bamboo 2
A piece of bamboo is 2 1/4 meters long. Jessie cuts 1 1/3 meters to be used for making some kites and another piece 3/4 meters long to be given to his friend. How long is the remaining piece of bamboo?
Pizza cover
5/8 of the pizza is covered in mushrooms, 1/4 is covered with pineapples, and the rest is covered with only cheese. What fraction of the pizza is covered with only cheese?
Nathan
Nathan is playing a trivia game. Each correct answer is worth 2 1/2 points, and each incorrect answer is worth −1/4 points. If he gets 35 questions correct and 32 questions incorrect, how many points does he have? A. 87.5 B. 79.5 C. 75 D. 8
Cinema - tickets
John went to the cinema with his friends. He bought five tickets for 57 cents each, two popcorns for 66 cents each, and 6 Coca-Colas for 1 euro and 9 cents each. He paid with a twenty-euro bill. How many cents does he have left?
Difference between fractions
What is the difference when you take away 1/6 from 2/8?
Maria 3
Maria spent two-eighths of her holiday in Town A, two-fifths in Town B and the rest on traveling. What fraction of her holiday did she spend on traveling?
The temperature 14
The temperature is 12 °C lower than 4 hours ago. a. What is the average temperature change per hour? b. Write an integer equation for the situation.
Zailene 2
Zailene has 8 2/3 cups of flour. She used 5 1/2 cups of flour. How many cups of flour were left to her?
30 eggs
There are 30 eggs in a tray. How many eggs are left if 1/2 of the tray is used, 1/5 of the remaining is cooked, and 1/3 of the remaining is kept in the refrigerator?
Translate 2
Translate the given phrases into mathematical phrases. Thrice the sum of three-fifths and two-thirds less one-half is what number?
Nick was
Nick was scuba diving at -32 1/2 feet. If he descends another 8 3/5 feet, what is his location?
A land 2
A land owner owns two parcels of land measuring 4 2/5 hectares and 6 1/5 hectares. He sells 3/4 of the total land. How many hectares of land are left?
A basket 2
A basket contains three types of fruits weighing 87/4 kg in all. If 23/4 kilograms of these are oranges, 48/7 kg are mangoes, and the rest are apples. What is the weight of the apples in the basket?
A market
A market vendor could sell all the mangoes, papayas, and star apples. 1/5 of the fruits were mangoes, 2/3 of them were papayas, and the rest were star apples. How many parts of the fruits sold are star apples?
Alisha
Alisha needs 7 1/2 yards of fabric to make a quilt. She has one piece of fabric that is 1 1/2 yards and another piece of fabric that is 3 1/4 yards. How many more yards of fabric does she need to make a quilt?
Buying receipt
Fahima buys 2 packets of bread rolls costing £1.50 for each packet One bottle of ketchup costs £1.60 Three packets of sausages Fahima pays with a £10 note. She gets a 30p change. Fahima works out that one packet of sausages costs £2.30. Is Fahima right?
When 5
When five is subtracted from both my numerator and denominator, I become 3/4. What fraction am I?

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