Subtraction Word Problems — Examples & Practice
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- (Video) Writing an Algebraic Expression from a Word Problem by mrmaisonet This video by mrmaisonet works through a few word problem examples with an identification of key words.…
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- Word Problems with Subtraction The key to solving word problems is to translate them into mathematical expressions. This is made easier if you can pick out key phrases that tell…
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- Words to Math: Subtraction In this section, we will learn to translate phrases into a mathematical expression by identifying key words that indicate subtraction. When talking ab…
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- If Aliat has a braid that is 131313 inches long, and she chopped off 3.53.53.5 inches, how many inches are left? Write your answer as a number without units.
- George has 2,500\2{,}5002,500 in the bank which was given to him by his parents. This amount is for his rent during his current semester of classes. George wants to buy a new co…
- Cindy wants to build a porch in her backyard. The porch will take up an area of x2x^2x2 sq-ft. Her yard has a total area of 24x224x^224x2 sq-ft. In square feet, what is the free…
- Ted is xxx years old. Nathan is 555 years younger than Ted. Write an expression that represents Nathan's age in terms of Ted's. Don't write out the units, only the expression.
- Andy is a cashier at a dollar store (everything in the store costs 111 dollar). A customer comes into the store to purchase some number of items. Andy works in New Hampshire, wh…
- Mark drops a penny from a height hhh. The penny falls at an average speed of 202020 meters-per-second. Write an expression for the position (height) of the penny after the penny…
- Michael owns a landscaping company. He wants to figure out how much profit he had made in the last year. Profit is defined as the difference between total revenue (the amount of…
- Margery wants to spend 200200200 hours studying for the SATs. Excluding a certain number of days, xxx, which include weekends and holidays, she wants to study the same amount of…
- There were 101010 candles. The wind blew out 333 candles. So the housekeeper shut the windows. No more candles were blown out after that. How many candles are burning?
- One day, Travis is hungry and takes 333 cookies from the cookie jar at his grandma’s house. He likes the cookies so much that he visits grandma’s house and steals 333 cookies fr…
- Both Carl and Andre collect stamps. Andre has 242424 stamps. Carl has xxx stamps less than Andre. Which of the following expression represents the amount of stamps Carl owns?
- Write the quote as an equation: "333 less than 777 is 444"
- In math, "take away" refers to which operation?
- In math, "minus" refers to which operation?
- Translate the following: \\ sss minus ttt
- Translate the following verbal expression into a mathematical expression: \\ "444 less than rrr"
- Carrie brought home ppp slices of pie. Throughout the day, Aly, Brian and Daria ate a total of 666 slices. How many slices are left at the end of the day?
- Translate the following into math: \\ "fff less than ggg"
- Translate the following into an equation: "666 less than 999 is 333"
- Write the following as an equation: \\ "222 plus 333 is 444 less than 999"
- Translate from words into math: "222 plus ttt is 444 less than www".
- Translate into an equation: \\ "jjj is (uuu minus kkk) less than ggg" (or more precisely, "jjj is xxx less than ggg, where xxx is uuu minus kkk")
- Keeping with the tradition of giving red envelopes during the Chinese New Year, you and your cousins always exchange envelopes in order to pass along good luck. In your group of…