Grade 5 Subtraction — Gentle practice
Subtraction finds what remains or the difference between two amounts. Start with accessible examples. Give extra time for thinking and use a visual model whenever helpful.
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20 questionsGrade 5 Subtraction — Gentle practice
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Directions: Identify the starting amount and the part being removed or compared. Write your answer for each problem.
- 27,400 - 20,016 = ______
- 59,377 - 5,053 = ______
- 100,861 - 95,293 = ______
- 25,750 - 10,322 = ______
- 104,195 - 65,983 = ______
- 108,852 - 8,231 = ______
- 42,690 - 39,150 = ______
- 33,656 - 5,829 = ______
- 126,186 - 105,564 = ______
- 16,696 - 3,545 = ______
- 78,188 - 13,653 = ______
- 64,915 - 51,590 = ______
- 66,289 - 35,498 = ______
- 134,845 - 62,060 = ______
- 76,165 - 23,591 = ______
- 38,769 - 22,094 = ______
- 114,628 - 95,659 = ______
- 116,869 - 68,176 = ______
- 11,462 - 5,497 = ______
- 134,766 - 10,280 = ______
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Show answer key (for parents and teachers)
- 1. 7,384
- 2. 54,324
- 3. 5,568
- 4. 15,428
- 5. 38,212
- 6. 100,621
- 7. 3,540
- 8. 27,827
- 9. 20,622
- 10. 13,151
- 11. 64,535
- 12. 13,325
- 13. 30,791
- 14. 72,785
- 15. 52,574
- 16. 16,675
- 17. 18,969
- 18. 48,693
- 19. 5,965
- 20. 124,486
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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