SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to subtract

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Elementary Level Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #9 : Using Subtraction Within 100 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 #392 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Quantitative Reasoning

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.

Example Question #521 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking

A large pizza has  slices. If we eat  slices, how many will be left? (9)

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many slices of pizza are left over after we have eaten some of the slices. We start with the number of silces that we started with, and subtract the number of slices that we have eaten. .

Example Question #61 : Operations

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When subtracting any number by  the only number that will change in your answer is the hundreds place. 

 

Example Question #61 : Operations

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When subtracting any number by  the only number that will change in your answer is the hundreds place. 

Example Question #281 : Numbers And Operations

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When subtracting any number by  the only number that will change in your answer is the hundreds place. 

Example Question #64 : Operations

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When subtracting any number by  the only number that will change in your answer is the hundreds place. 

Example Question #65 : Operations

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When subtracting any number by  the only number that will change in your answer is the hundreds place. 

Example Question #66 : Operations

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When subtracting any number by  the only number that will change in your answer is the hundreds place. 

Example Question #21 : Mentally Add And Subtract 10 Or 100 To A Given Number : Ccss.Math.Content.2.Nbt.B.8

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When subtracting any number by  the only number that will change in your answer is the hundreds place. 

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