Worksheet 5_subtraction_class 4

1 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q1. There are forty-two colored pens in a desk with two drawers. One drawer has twenty-four colored pens in it. How many colored pens are in the other drawer? Q2. Alan has 10 pennies. Bonnie has 6 fewer pennies than Alan. Jack has 5 more pennies than Alan. How many pennies does Bonnie have? Q3. The first graders collected 8 cans of food for the food drive. The second graders collected 15 cans of food. The third graders collected 18 cans of food. How many more cans of food did the third graders collect than the first graders? GRADE 4 TOPIC: SUBTRACTION 2 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q4. Hockey sticks are on sale. The Sport Store had 680 hockey sticks in the morning. There were only 195 hockey sticks left at the end of the day. How many hockey sticks did they sell? Q5. 869 beaded necklaces are at the jewelry factory. 581 are packed and shipped to a customer. About how many are left? Q6. 643 of the 936 ships in the port leave. About how many ships are left in the port? Q7. Together, Valerie and Irene bought a total of 418 wooden blocks. 209 wooden blocks were bought by Valerie. About how many wooden blocks were bought by Irene? 3 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q8. 219 of Delilah's 435 seeds fell out of the bag and got lost. About how many seeds does she have now? Q9. Dr. Jordan and her students bought 903 paper plates, but 313 got used for a family dinner. About how many paper plates do they have now? Q10. Colton and his classmates let 135 of their 724 bouncy balls roll away into the gutter. About how many bouncy balls do they have now? 4 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q11. 528 of the 841 pieces of gum at the gum factory are packed and delivered to a customer. About how many are left? Q12. The jewelry store has 665 diamond necklaces. 463 are sold. About how many are left? Q13. The sum of two numbers is 275. One of the numbers is 149. What is the other number? 5 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q14. Jill saved $184. She saved $45 more than Steve. How much money did Steve save? Q15. 862 people ran in the marathon this year. 591 people crossed the finish line. How many people did not finish the marathon? Q16. There are 543 purple crabs and 341 gray crabs. How many more purple crabs are there than gray crabs? Q17. The snack bar sold 435 drinks on Saturday. It sold 190 drinks in the morning. How many drinks were sold in the afternoon? 6 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q18. The cooking club baked 685 brownies for the cake sale. There were 298 brownies left after the cake sale. How many brownies were sold? Q19. Lara and Casey have 213 stickers altogether. Casey and Amy have 162 stickers altogether. Amy has 94 stickers. How many stickers does Lara have? Q20. Teri and Anna are building a giant tower. Teri used 237 building pieces. Anna used 325 building pieces. How many more pieces did Anna use? 7 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q21. On April 12, 1934, the wind speed on top of Mount Washington was recorded at 231 miles per hour. When Hurricane Gloria struck on September 28, 1985, the highest recorded wind speed was 72 miles per hour. How much faster was the wind on top of Mount Washington, than the winds from Hurricane Gloria? Q22. Fill in the blanks: -2 4 3 2 9 1 Q23. Fill up: 803 494 304 309 ____ ____ 8 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q24. Subtract the number at the top of the table from each of the numbers in the left column. Subtract 446 601 481 869 516 Q25. Subtract down and across. Then subtract the totals you calculated. The answer across should equal the answer down. 851 278 241 93 9 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q26. Fill up the Dragon subtraction: 10 © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4_3_5_S Q27. James and Marla each have a bag of marbles. James has 229 marbles. Marla has 455 marbles. How many more marbles does Marla have than James? Q28. Harry is reading a chapter book that has 432 pages. He has already read 116 pages. How many pages does he have left to read? Q29. Kristine and her friends are collecting pennies for charity. They hope to collect 900 pennies to reach their goal. So far, they have 780 pennies. How many more pennies do they need to collect in order to reach their goal? Q30. Brian buys two pieces of candy. Each piece of candy costs one dollar and twelve cents. If he gives the cashier a ten dollar bill, what will his change be?