Write the subtraction sentence – up to two digits

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👉At Johnny’s school there are 74 shiny stars on the wall. 49 of the stars are gold and the rest are silver. How many stars are silver?

👉 Write a subtraction number sentence that fits the story

  • Write a subtraction number sentence. Subtract the number of gold stars from the total number of shiny stars. First write:
  • 74 − 49
  • Now complete the subtraction number sentence by finding the difference of 74 and 49:
  • 74 − 49 = 25

👉There are a total of 67 ladies at a ball and 28 are wearing their hair up. How many ladies are wearing their hair down?

👉 Write a subtraction number sentence that fits the story.

  • Write a subtraction number sentence. Subtract the number of ladies wearing their hair up from the total number of ladies. First write:
  • 67 − 28
  • Now complete the subtraction number sentence by finding the difference of 67 and 28:
  • 67 − 28 = 39

👉 76 of the pairs of shoes in a shoe store are black. There are 87 pairs of shoes in the store in all. How many of the pairs of shoes are not black?

👉 Write a subtraction number sentence that fits the story.

  • Write a subtraction number sentence. Subtract the number of black pairs of shoes from the total number of pairs of shoes. First write:
  • 87 − 76
  • Now complete the subtraction number sentence by finding the difference of 87 and 76:
  • 87 − 76 = 11

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