Grade 5 Subtraction — Stretch your thinking
Subtraction finds what remains or the difference between two amounts. Try the more demanding numbers. Estimate first, then explain your method and verify.
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20 questionsGrade 5 Subtraction — Stretch your thinking
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Directions: Identify the starting amount and the part being removed or compared. Write your answer for each problem.
- 15,613 - 6,715 = ______
- 115,665 - 90,008 = ______
- 97,114 - 28,233 = ______
- 298,468 - 275,536 = ______
- 193,405 - 155,382 = ______
- 118,018 - 2,899 = ______
- 333,700 - 270,530 = ______
- 247,033 - 25,229 = ______
- 195,653 - 96,167 = ______
- 250,240 - 178,993 = ______
- 74,284 - 19,188 = ______
- 9,373 - 8,062 = ______
- 64,170 - 25,293 = ______
- 244,524 - 38,303 = ______
- 281,344 - 144,100 = ______
- 164,628 - 23,969 = ______
- 82,817 - 2,118 = ______
- 165,755 - 34,603 = ______
- 262,421 - 180,743 = ______
- 170,219 - 90,454 = ______
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Show answer key (for parents and teachers)
- 1. 8,898
- 2. 25,657
- 3. 68,881
- 4. 22,932
- 5. 38,023
- 6. 115,119
- 7. 63,170
- 8. 221,804
- 9. 99,486
- 10. 71,247
- 11. 55,096
- 12. 1,311
- 13. 38,877
- 14. 206,221
- 15. 137,244
- 16. 140,659
- 17. 80,699
- 18. 131,152
- 19. 81,678
- 20. 79,765
How to help with this skill
Fifth graders strengthen work with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages and mathematical expressions.
- Identify the starting amount and the part being removed or compared.
- Use counting back, a number line, or place-value regrouping.
- Check by adding your answer to the amount removed.
Try this: Ask: What was there at the beginning, and what changed?
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