Test 3. Substracting whole numbers

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Substracting whole numbers

 1. Alicia and Peter are reading the same book. Alicia has read 297 pages and Peter has read 431 pages. How many more pages has Peter read than Alicia?

 а)  136;      b)  134;      
 c)  143;      d)  131.

 2. Ms. Oakwood needs 8,391 strawberries bake her pies. She has picked 374 strawberries. How many more strawberries does Ms. Oakwood needs?

 а)  8,017;      b)  8,007;      
 c)  8,071;      d)  8,014.

 3. There are 868 male students and 1,187 female students at Madison Middle School. Haw many more female students are there than mole female?

 а)  319;      b)  309;      
 c)  327;      d)  315.

 4. Ann Marie must sell 5,624 cookies to win a trip. She has sold 875 cookies. How many more cookies does Ann Marie need to sell?

 а)  4,649;      b)  4,794;      
 c)  4,749;      d)  4,747.

 5. A factory produced 593,257 calculators. However, 5,728 of them were defective. How many were good?

 а)  587,528;      b)  587,425;      
 c)  587,518;      d)  587,525.

 6. Becca put 91 books on a shelf. Of the books, 28 were nonfiction, 13 were poetry books, and the rest were fiction books. How many books were fiction?

 а)  104;      b)  132;      
 c)  76;        d)  50.

 7. Last week, the local ice cream store sold 188 hot fudge sundaes, 54 chocolate sundaes, and 62 strawberry sundaes. How many more hot fudge sundaes did the store sell than chocolate and strawberry sundaes combined?

 а)  72;        b)  196;      
 c)  304;      d)  62.

 8. Sally’s twin brother, Sean, has 348 fiction books and 109 nonfiction books. If Sean has read 300 books, how many books has Sean not read?

 а)  757;      b)  158;      
 c)  157;      d)  539.

 9. Shannon’s favorite book is Traveling without Shoes. The book has 214 pages of text and 122 pages of pictures. If Shannon is on page 325, how many more pages until she gets to the end of the book?

 а)  7;      b)  11;      
 c)  9;      d)  1.

10. Clay took 73 photos of animals at the zoo. He took 14 photos of monkeys, 21 photos of tigers, and 13 photos of polar bears. How many photos of other animals did Clay take?

 а)  25;      b)  27;      
 c)  21;      d)  35.

11. The population of Daytona Beach, Florida, is about 64,600. The population of Orlando, Florida, is about 193,700. What is the total number of people in both cities? How many more people live in Orlando?   

 а)  258,300;  129,300;       
 b)  258,300;  119,100;

 c)  256,300;  129,100;       
 d)  258,300;  129,100.

12. The attendance at a 3-day music festival was 297 for day 1, 363 for day 2, and 394 for day 3. What was the total attendance? What was the difference between the highest and lowest attendance?       

 а)  1045;  66;      
 b)  1154;  97;

 c)  1054;  97;     
 d)  1054;  31.