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 #16 : Geometric Measurement: Understand Concepts Of Angle And Measure Angles

Solve for x. 

45degrees

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Explanation:

Because of the square in the corner of the angle we have a  angle. To find the missing piece of the angle we subtract. 

Example Question #17 : Geometric Measurement: Understand Concepts Of Angle And Measure Angles

Solve for x. 

52degrees

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve for x we subtract. 

Example Question #18 : Geometric Measurement: Understand Concepts Of Angle And Measure Angles

Solve for x. 

75degrees

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve for x we subtract. 

Example Question #21 : Geometric Measurement: Understand Concepts Of Angle And Measure Angles

If we wanted to make this angle into a right angle, how many more degrees would we need to add? 

27degrees

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Explanation:

A right angle has a measurement of . To find how much more we would need to add we subtract. 

Example Question #1051 : Numbers And Operations

Simplify the below: 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to simplify: 

We must gather the things that are the alike together. 

Since we have an "a" and then we subtract an "a" there are no more a's left, so we should not have any a's in our answer. 

Since we have a "b" added to another "b", we can see that we get  when we add those together. 

So the final answer becomes

Example Question #1052 : Numbers And Operations

Elise had 12 hair clips, but she always took them out throughout the day and would often forget where they were. After three weeks, she realized she only had 5 hair clips left. How many did she lose? 

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Explanation:

If Elise started with 12 hair clips and ended with only 5, she lost 7.  If you need to visualize it, you can draw 12 marks and cross out 5. Count the ones that are left. 

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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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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 #831 : Operations

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

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 #51 : Use Addition And Subtraction Within 100 To Solve One And Two Step Word Problems: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Oa.A.1

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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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 #1 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Solve the following: 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To subtract we can count backwards. Start at  and count back 

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