Common Core: 1st Grade Math : Subtraction within 20 to Solve Word Problems

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Common Core: 1st Grade Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #1053 : Numbers And Operations

Tim’s soccer team has  boys on the team.  of them did not come to practice. How many did come to practice? 

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This is a subtraction problem because people did not show up for practice, so there will be less people at practice than if everyone had shown up. 

We can start at  and count back .

Example Question #21 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Tiffany bought  balloons. On the way to the car, blew away. How many does she have left? 

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This is a subtraction problem because Tiffany lost balloons so she will have less than what she started with. 

We can start at  and count back .

Example Question #22 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Spot has a box of treats with  bones left. The box started off with  treats. How many treats has Spot eaten from the box?  

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many of the total treats Spot has eaten. We take the total number of treats and then subtract the number of treats that are left in the box. .

Example Question #23 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

The baseball team has  balls to practice with. There are  boys on the team. If they each take a ball, how many balls are left over? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many balls are left over after each boy takes one. We start with the number of balls and then subtract the number that was taken. .

Example Question #24 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Jenny has  games. She let her friend use  of them for her birthday part. How many does Jenny have left?

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many games Jenny has left after she gives some to her friend. We take the total number of games that Jenny has, and then we subtract the number that she gave to her friend. .

Example Question #25 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Sarah got  birthday gifts for her birthday. She’s opened  of them. How many does she have left to open? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many gifts she has left to open after she’s already opened some of her gifts. We take the total number of gifts she has, and then we subtract the number of gifts that she’s opened. .

Example Question #26 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Matt invited  of his friends to a cookout. of his friends did not come. How many of his friends did come to his cookout? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to find out how many of Matt’s invited friends were able to come to his party. We take the total number of people that were invited, and subtract the number of people that did not come. 

Example Question #27 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Ms. Smith’s class has  students.  of her students are out with the flu today. How many students are in the class today? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many students in Ms. Smith’s class are in school today out of the total number of students that she has. We take the total number of students and subtract the number of students who are not in school today. .

Example Question #28 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Joe has  total math problems to complete for homework this week. He wants to get  done today. How many will he have left after today? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many homework problems Joe will have left after he completes some of them. We take the total number of problems that he has and subtract the number that he plans to do tonight. 

Example Question #29 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Lisa has  birthday parties to go to this year. She has already gone to  of them. How many parties does she have left to go to this year? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many birthday parties Lisa has left to attend this year. We take the total number of parties that she is invited to, and subtract the number of parties that she has already been to. 

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