Subtraction - practice for 11 year olds - page 14 of 31
Number of problems found: 613
- The dough 2
A baker made 8 pounds of dough. He used 5/9 of the dough to make sandwich rolls. How much of the dough is left over? - Bookshelf
Bill is cutting boards to build a bookshelf for his apartment. While cutting boards, he accidentally cut 3/16th ft. His board is 3 3/4th. How long should it have been? - A turtle
A turtle is 20 5/6 inches below the surface of a pond. It dives to a depth of 32 1/4 inches. What is the change in the turtle's position? Write your answer as a mixed number. - Nadia
Nadia spent 1/4 of her money on a shirt and 2/5 of her money on new shoes. What fraction of Nadia's money has been spent? What fraction of her money is left?
- Issac
Issac eats 1/6 of the pizza. Maya then eats 3/5 of the remaining pizza. What fraction of the original pizza is left? - Hotel 4
A 360-room hotel has 1/3 of its rooms occupied at present. How many rooms are empty? - A farmer's 2
A farmer's truck is carrying 4 2/3 tons of hay and straw. If 3 2/5 tons of the load is hay, how much straw is the truck carrying? - Krishna
Krishna bought 5 1/2 meters of ribbon from the market. She cut off a 2 3/4 m piece of ribbon from it and gave it to Sushma. What length of ribbon is left with her? - Jolly gobs
Each package of jolly gobs has 72 gobs. If one-fourth of the gobs are red and the rest are blue, how many parts were the group divided? How many parts are red?
- On day
On the first day of the trip, they drove 1/4 of the total distance. On day two, they drove 1/2 of the total distance. What fraction of the total distance is left to travel? - The frame
Rodney has a board that is 5/6 yards long. He cuts 1/5 yard off the board and uses the rest of the board to make a frame. How much of the board is used to make the frame? - There 14
There are 250 people in the museum. 2/5 of the 250 people are girls 3/10 of the 250 people are boys The rest of the 250 people are adults Work out the number of adults in the museum. - Sarah
Sarah has a photography blog. 3/7 of her photos are of nature, and 1/4 of the rest are of her friends. What fraction of all of Sarah's photos is of her friends? - The two
The two angles of a triangle are 78° and 82°. So, what is the measure of the remaining third angle?
- Gavin
Gavin had 3 gallons of orange juice ready to serve at the breakfast party. His family drank 2 ⅛ gallons. How much is left? Show your work with a number line, area model, or grid. - Emily
Emily had 20 minutes to do a three-problem quiz. She spent 11 3/4 minutes on question A and 5 1/2 minutes on question B. How much time did she have left for question C? - The Tunnel
The Tunnel of Fear ride climbs straight up to its peak 50 meters above the ground. Then, it drops 65 meters into an underground tunnel. What is the elevation of the tunnel relative to the ground? - Bucket 4
The bucket has 5/8 gallons of water. The bucket tips over, and 7/12 gallons of water pour out. How much water is left in the bucket, in gallons, written as a fraction? - The chef 2
The chef in the restaurant used 19/20 cups of chocolate chips and 1 1/10 cups of cocoa powder for the cake. How much more cocoa powder did the chef use than the chocolate chips?
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