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Subtraction

 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Write a subtraction sentence to solve each word problem.

1.  

Makayla had 12 boxes of cookies. She sold 8 of them. How many boxes are left?


_____    _____    _____

_____ boxes
2.  

There are 16 red bean bag chairs and 7 blue ones. How many more red chairs are there than blue?


_____    _____    _____

_____ red chairs
3.  

Sydney had 18 pencils at home. She took 9 of them to school. How many pencils did she have left at home?


_____    _____    _____

_____ pencils
4.  

Michael invited 14 of his friends to his party, but only 6 of them came. How many invited friends did not come to his party?


_____    _____    _____

_____ friends
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