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3-Digit Subtraction Word Problems
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3-Digit Subtraction Word Problems
Read each problem carefully. Show your working, then write the answer with its unit. Check your subtraction using addition.
Dairy farm number problems
Use a written subtraction method to find each difference.
1.Florence’s dairy farm collected 584 litres of milk on Monday. The farm sent 231 litres to a local shop. How many litres remained?
2.Rhys counted 723 eggs in the farm’s delivery store. A delivery took away 368 eggs. How many eggs were left?
3.Imogen’s farm had 642 bales of hay. The cows used 275 bales during winter. How many bales were still unused?
4.A dairy farm packed 906 yoghurt pots for a fair. By lunchtime, 457 had been sold. How many pots were left to sell?
Think it through
Read each situation and work out the answer. Remember to show your steps.
5.Florence’s farm budget was £735. She spent £268 on feed and then £149 on repairs. How much money was left?
6.The farm’s large tank holds 800 litres. It contains 536 litres of milk. How many more litres would fill the tank?
7.Check your answer to the milk collection problem: complete the addition sentence 231 + = 584.
8.A farm packed 861 cheese portions for a food festival. It sold 394 portions. How many were left? Show your subtraction and check the result by adding the number sold to the number left.
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