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Word Problems: Subtraction

1) Carol had eight big pencils, but lost two of them. How many are left?

2) Jared wants to give away 1 of his 9 pennies. How many will he have
left?

3) Steve made 2 strawberry cookies for the neighborhood bake sale.

Mary made 3 strawberry cookies. Together they sold 2 cookies. How
many were left?

4) Loren has 10 m&ms. He's going to give his cousin, Leslie, 3 of

them. How many will he have left?

5) Sam has five fish, three of them are yellow. How many of them are
not yellow?