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Subtracting Whole Numbers
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Subtracting Whole Numbers
Subtract whole numbers accurately, choose a useful strategy, and check a difference using addition.
Word problems
Show your working for each problem.
1.Finn had 362 trading cards. She gave 147 cards to her cousin. How many cards does Finn have now?
2.A community hall can hold 725 people. If 468 people attend a concert, how many places are still available?
3.Tane has saved $600 towards a tablet costing $389. How much money will he have left after buying it?
4.A bus route is 950 km long. The bus has travelled 684 km. How many kilometres remain on the route?
5.At sunrise, the temperature was 16°C. Overnight it had been 29°C colder. What was the overnight temperature?
6.A warehouse packed 1,200 boxes and dispatched 857 of them. How many boxes were not dispatched?
7.A walking track is 12 km long. Aria has walked 7 km so far. How much farther does she need to walk to finish the track?
8.A club hopes to collect $3,000 for new equipment. It has collected $1,746 so far. How much more does it need to reach its target?
A visual subtraction
Use the number line to work out the difference between 1,000 and 743.
9.How far apart are 743 and 1,000 on the number line?
Check and create
Use addition to check a subtraction, then try a problem of your own.
10.Check 725 − 468 = 257 by writing an addition sentence that uses the difference and the number subtracted.
11.Write your own whole-number subtraction word problem, solve it, and check the result using addition.
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