Lesson: Subtraction with Numbers Up to 20: Solving Word Problems

A child had 7 marbles in their pocket, but 4 fell out. How many marbles are left?

A child had 9 balloons. 5 were blown away. How many are left?

There are 8 children on a bus. 3 are girls. How many are boys?

12 dogs were in a pet show. There were 17 pets in total at the show. How many were not dogs?

Andrea made 12 sandwiches for a picnic. At the end of the day, there were 5 left. Write a subtraction sentence that shows this using “?” for the number of sandwiches that were eaten.

Chris bought some stickers. He gave 3 to his friend and he had 11 left. Find the subtraction sentence that shows this using “?” for the number of stickers he bought.