Subtraction Word Problems Worksheets
The arithmetic in a subtraction word problem is usually the easy part. What children struggle with is deciding that it is a subtraction problem at all, which is why generating new problems matters more here than anywhere else on the site — a memorized answer teaches nothing.
Subtraction Word Problems
Name:Date:Score:
- 1Tom had 96 books and gave 14 of them away. How many books are left?
- 2Amina had 60 cards and gave 24 of them away. How many cards are left?
- 3Leo had 62 stickers and gave 12 of them away. How many stickers are left?
- 4Priya had 64 apples and gave 59 of them away. How many apples are left?
- 5Maya had 95 marbles and gave 58 of them away. How many marbles are left?
- 6Ayesha had 57 pencils and gave 40 of them away. How many pencils are left?
- 7Noah had 72 shells and gave 25 of them away. How many shells are left?
- 8Tom had 68 pencils and gave 20 of them away. How many pencils are left?
- 9Sam had 87 marbles and gave 74 of them away. How many marbles are left?
- 10Tom had 48 apples and gave 35 of them away. How many apples are left?
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Answer key (10 answers)
- 1. 82
- 2. 36
- 3. 50
- 4. 5
- 5. 37
- 6. 17
- 7. 47
- 8. 48
- 9. 13
- 10. 13
What to watch for when you grade this sheet
- Picking the operation from a keyword rather than the situation.
- Using every number given, including ones that are not needed.
- Getting the arithmetic right and answering a different question than the one asked.
One thing that helps
Ask the child to say what the answer will be a quantity of — cookies, dollars, minutes — before calculating. Naming the unit first prevents most wrong-operation errors.