subtraction

A line segment is 26 centimeters long. If a segment, x centimeters, is taken, how much of the line segment remains? This means the leftover segment has a length of: 26 - x

A store manager must calculate the total number of winter hats available to sell in the store from a starting number of 293. In the past month, the store sold 43 blue hats, 96 black hats, 28 red hats, and 61 pink hats. The store received a shipment of 48 blue hats, 60 black hats, 18 red hats...

In a golf tournament Ned was 4 under par on Saturday and 5 over or on Sunday. What is the difference in his score on Sunday compared to his score on Saturday Givens and opening thoughts: Think of par as 0 or average. Under par is negative Over par is positive We have 4 under par as -4 We have...

A theatre sold 67 tickets to a show. 43 tickets were for children up to 12 years old. How many tickets were for people older than 12 67 tickets - 43 tickets for 12 and under = 24 tickets for people older than 12

A boy has 6 toys he loses 3. How many does the boy have? We subtract 3 from 6 since losing means less, and we have: 6 - 3 = 3

A bus can at most be filled with 36 passengers. If there are currently 25 passengers there already. How many passengers can be added at most? We have 36 - 25 existing passengers = 11 passengers can be added at most

Alfred carries a load of 12 kilograms. He finds it heavy so he removes a weight of 4 kilograms. What is the weight of the remaining load? Removes means he subtract weight. So we have: 12 kilograms - 4 kilograms = 8 kilograms

A city’s budget is $8,000,000. It actually spends $12,000,000.What is the city’s deficit? Deficit = Budget - Spend Deficit = $8,000,000 - $12,000,000 Deficit = -$4,000,000

At the beginning of Jack's diet, he was 257 pounds. If he lost 3 pounds per week, find his weight after 12 weeks. A loss of weight means we subtract from Jack's current weight. New Weight = Current Weight - Weight Loss per week * number of weeks New Weight =257 - 3*12 New Weight =257 - 36 New...

A carpenter bought a piece of wood that was 43.32 centimeters long. Then she sawed 5.26 centimeters off the end. How long is the piece of wood now? When you saw off the end, the length decrease. So we subtract: New length = Original length - Sawed piec New length = 43.32 - 5.26 New length = 38.06

Elijiah spent $6.20 for lunch everyday for 5 school days. He had $50 in his account. How much money was left over in his account? Elijiah starts with $50 He spends $6.20 per day * 5 days = 31 Leftover = 50 - 31 Leftover = 19

If RS = 3.3 and RT = 5.9, what is ST? ST = RT - RS ST = 5.9 - 3.3 ST = 2.6

Ahmed was born in 530 B.C.E. and lived for 60 years, in which year did he die? In B.C.E., the year decreases as time goes on until we get to year 0. So we have the year of death as: 530 - 60 = 470 B.C.E.

Carter is going away to college and is giving his collection of 531 baseball cards to his cousins. If he gives 227 cards to Lewis, 186 cards to Benny, and 18 cards to Seven, how many cards are left over? When Carter gives away cards, he subtracts from his collection. So we have: 531 - 227 - 186...

A piece of pipe is 144 inches long. After 4 pieces, each 33 inches long are cut, what length of pipe is left? Calculate the length of cut pipe: 4 pieces * 33 inches per piece = 132 inches The remaining pipe is found by subtracting the original pipe length by the cut pipe length: 144 - 132 = 12...

On July 10, the high temperature in Phoenix, Arizona, was 109°, and the high temperature in Juneau, Alaska, was 63°. What was the difference between the temperature in Phoenix and the temperature in Juneau? Difference is found by subtracting the lower temperature from the higher temperature...

If Jason have 90 pills and have to take 3 pills a day for 3 weeks how many pills do Jason have left? 1 week = 7 days 3 weeks = 7 days * 3 = 21 days 3 pills per day * 21 days = 63 pills Subtract the 63 pills from the 90 pills to get: 90 - 63 = 27 pills left

Danna walked along a road. Starting from her house she walked 14 meters due south then walked 8 meters due north and finally walked 20 meters due south. how far away was Danna from her hours 14 - 8 + 20 = 26 miles due south

Catherine has $400 in her checking account. She writes a check for $600. What is the balance in her account? Writing a check decreases the bank balance. So we have: $400 - $600 = -$200

Evan scored 34 points in a basketball game. 21 of the points were from 3-point shots and the rest were free-throws. What expression shows the points scored from free-throws? Calculate the points from free throws (f): f = 34 - 21 f = 13