Grade 5 Word Problems: Subtraction word problems

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What students practice: Grade 5 has no whole-number add/subtract standard; these carry the Grade 4 algorithm into larger story numbers.

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Grade 5 · Word Problems

Subtraction Word Problems

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Easy

Our school started the week with 4,043 sheets of paper. By Friday, 1,143 sheets of paper were used up. How many sheets of paper does our school have left?
Answer: 2900
At the beginning of the term, the school had 3,312 crayons. Since then, 3,143 were given away. How many crayons remain at the end of the term?
Answer: 169

Standard

In all, the craft supply center has 93,952 flower seeds. Of these, 36,367 were sorted this week. How many flower seeds are still waiting to be sorted?
Answer: 57585
At the beginning of the term, the regional supply center had 60,628 sheets of paper. Since then, 14,839 were given away. How many sheets of paper remain at the end of the term?
Answer: 45789

Challenge

In all, the city library system has 859,656 library books. Of these, 696,956 were sorted this week. How many library books are still waiting to be sorted?
Answer: 162700
On Monday, the regional food bank has 988,856 water bottles in all. After that, 959,579 water bottles were given away this month. How many water bottles are left?
Answer: 29277

Where this skill fits

Previous skill: Addition word problems
Next skill: Decimal addition word problems
All grades: Word Problems worksheets, Grades 1–5
Same skill in Grade 2: Grade 2 Word Problems: Subtraction word problems
Same skill in Grade 3: Grade 3 Word Problems: Subtraction word problems
Same skill in Grade 4: Grade 4 Word Problems: Subtraction word problems

Related Common Core standards

4.NBT.B.4 — Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers with the standard algorithm.

The match is approximate (a prerequisite, extension or different context), so treat this as related practice rather than coverage of the standard. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.