Word Problems on Subtraction

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How long is a promissory note valid?

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Write the smallest $3$ digit number and the largest $2$ digit number what is the relation between them?

Q. What should be added to $54$ to obtain $68$ ?

1. $24$
2. $12$
3. $54$
4. $14$

Q. Martin has $38$ cupcakes . He gave away $23$ cupcakes to Peter. How many cupcakes Martin is left with ?

1. $14$
2. $16$
3. $15$

Q. Jerry has 648 chocolates. 324 of those are bar chocolates, and the rest are round ones. How many round chocolates does she have?

1. 324
2. 225
3. 234
4. 345

Q. An exam is held for 956 marks. Rose scores 643. Find the number of marks she lost in her exam.

1. 323
2. 333
3. 343
4. 313

Q. Joey has $36$ erasers. Jenny has $16$ erasers. Joey gives his $13$ erasers to Jenny. Joey is left with erasers.

1. $23$
2. $49$
3. $20$
4. $29$

Q. A company has 856 employees. There are 435 female employees and the remaining employees are male. Find the number of male employees.

1. 1, 291
2. 351
3. 421
4. 642

Q. Mary baked $93$ cookies . She gave away $41$ cookies to Charlie. Mary has cookies left .

1. $134$
2. $25$
3. $52$
4. $62$

Q. Gary has $\$1285$ in his bank account. If Toby has $\$237$ less than Gary. then find the amount Toby has in his bank account.

1. $\$1048$
2. $\$1522$
3. $\$1052$
4. $\$1058$

Q. What should be added to $56$ to obtian $79$.

1. 23

Q. Joey has $36$ erasers. Jenny has $16$ erasers. Joey gives his $13$ erasers to Jenny. How many erasers does Jenny has ?

1. $49$
2. $23$
3. $29$
4. $20$

Q. There were 7259 birds in a bird sanctuary.
2486 birds migrated to a colder place during summer.
Find the number of birds left in the sanctuary.

Q. Martin has $492$ data entry tasks to complete. He completed $331$ tasks before lunch. How many tasks are Left now ?

1. $161$
2. $823$
3. $181$
4. $151$

Q.

Sophie has $268$ candies. If Sophie has $139$ candies more than George, then the number of candies George has is .

Q. There are 33, 289 birds in a bird sanctuary. 5, 456 birds moved to a colder place during the summers. Find the number of birds left in the sanctuary.

1. 27, 133
2. 27, 233
3. 37, 133
4. 38, 133

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write each of the following phrases using numbers, literals and the basic operation of subtraction
(ii) subtract 5 from y

Q. A person jogs 750 yd and walks for 286 yd in a park. How much distance did he cover more while jogging than while walking?

1. 334 yd
2. 224 yd
3. 324 yd
4. 443 yd

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$37-10=10-37$

1. True
2. False