Outline Mathematics
Subtraction practice with numbers below 100
There are oranges and apples on the table, 57 fruits in all. If there are 56 oranges, how many apples are there? Answer:
apples.
50 children played hide-and-seek. There were 10 boys. How many girls were there? Answer:
children.
Of 74 in Eli's collection, 30 are small; all others are big. How many big balls are there in Eli's collection? Answer:
balls.
On a warm afternoon, 9 birds sit perching on wires. Of these, 8 were doves. The rest were swallows. How many swallows sat on wires? Answer:
birds.
In a city parking lot, there parked 59 vehicles. 42 of them were cars, the remaining were trucks. How many trucks were in the parking lot? Answer:
trucks.
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