Basic Arithmetic › Subtraction with Whole Numbers
A city bus has five stops left on its route. At the first stop, people get off. At the second stop,
get off. At the third, no one gets off. At the fourth,
people get off. At the fifth, there are
people left on the bus, and they all get off. How many people were on the bus before the first stop?
What is the solution of the above equation?
Paul had video games. On Monday, he gave
video games to his friend Chris. On Tuesday, he sold
of his video games to the local video game shop. On Wednesday, Paul accidentally broke
video games and threw them away. How many video games does Paul have left?
What is the solution of the above equation?
Solve for :
Timmy has sea monkeys. At the end of the first month that he has them,
sea monkeys die, and his parents buy him
new ones. At the end of the second month,
more sea monkeys die. How many sea monkeys does Timmy have at the end of the second month?
What is ?