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         Subtract the following.


                     T O                        T O                        T O                        T O

                     3 7                        7 8                        6 4                        7 9

                – 1 2                      – 1 6                      – 3 2                      – 3 8








                     T O                        T O                        T O                        T O
                     8 8                        2 3                        5 7                        9 8

                – 6 1                      – 1 2                      – 4 3                      – 7 4










                                                   Word Problems

                                                                                Fact-o-meter
                           A shopkeeper bought 57 fruit                       Words  such  as  subtract,

                           juice  packs  and  sold  35  of                    minus, take away, decrease,
                           them. How many juice packs                         take from, reduce, fewer, left

                           were left with him?                                etc. indicate subtraction.

                           Number of fruit juice packs bought = 57                                     T O


                           Number of fruit juice packs sold = 35                                        5    7

                           Number of fruit juice packs left = 57 – 35 = 22                        –     3    5

                           Thus, 22 fruit juice packs were left with the                                2    2

                           shopkeeper.



                                      There were 43 pencils in the drawer.
                                      Kajal  took  12  pencils  from  the                              T O

                                      drawer. How many pencils are there

                                      in the drawer now?                                          –

                                      Answer: There are  _______  pencils

                                      in the drawer now.
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