Math Drills
Subtraction (No Borrowing)
D-1Word Problems

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- Subtraction (No Borrowing)
Work opens by lining the places up in the column layout, moves on to answering from the bare equation, then to putting a number in the box, and finishes with word problems where the equation is set up from a sentence. A two-digit or three-digit number is taken from a three-digit one, with the upper figure larger or equal at every place, so nothing has to be broken apart.
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Where the box stands for the number being subtracted from, children go on subtracting because the sign says so and write a number smaller than the answer. Taking the two-digit number away from what they wrote and seeing whether the answer in the equation comes back catches it while the pencil is still there.
Fourth lesson of the unit, and the turn toward taking away. Handling one place at a time is the touch of 2-Digit Subtraction, and from Subtraction (1 Borrow) places that will not go begin to appear.
- Word Problems (3-Digit − 3-Digit)6 questions
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “3-Digit Addition and Subtraction”, shown with their answers.
(1)At the stationery store there were 348 pencils. 206 were sold. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 142pencils
(2)At home there were 275 strawberries. The family ate 241. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 34strawberries
(3)At the library there were 857 notebooks. 503 were used by the class. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 354notebooks
(4)In the cooking room there were 628 eggs. 421 were used for cooking. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 207eggs
(5)At the cake shop there were 675 eggs. 431 were used for cake. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 244eggs
(6)At the snack party there were 295 cookies. 152 were eaten. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 143cookies
















