Math Drills
'Fewer' Word Problems
3Word Problems
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- Worksheet
- 'Fewer' Word Problems
Every situation gathered here carries the word fewer somewhere in the sentence. Ask for the smaller side and a subtraction is wanted; ask for the other side and an addition is. The word stays the same while the question sentence swaps the equation over.
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Whichever side was called fewer has to come out smaller than the other once the answer is written. Setting that answer beside the figures given in the text and comparing sizes decides there and then whether the direction was right. The comparison earns its keep most where the larger side is being asked for.
This is the earlier of two lessons. In 'More' Word Problems the word is reversed and the choice of equation turns over with it. The groundwork for turning a comparison into an equation is laid in this one lesson.
- Addition3 questions
- Subtraction3 questions
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Difference Word Problems”, shown with their answers.
(1)At the farm, there are 247 grapes. There are 58 fewer grapes than bananas. How many bananas are there? Answer □
Answer: 305bananas
(2)In the garden of the house, there are 23 strawberries. There are 19 fewer strawberries than cherries. How many cherries are there? Answer □
Answer: 42cherries
(3)As birthday party decorations, there are 35 red balloons. There are 16 fewer red balloons than blue balloons. How many blue balloons are there? Answer □
Answer: 51balloons
(4)In the school flower bed, 36 sunflowers are blooming. There are 14 fewer tulips than sunflowers. How many tulips are blooming? Answer □
Answer: 22tulips
(5)Chloe has 61 stickers. There are 24 fewer origami sheets than stickers. How many origami sheets are there? Answer □
Answer: 37sheets
(6)In Hannah's home garden, 28 pears are growing. There are 13 fewer peaches than pears. How many peaches are growing? Answer □
Answer: 15peaches
