Envision Math 4th Grade Textbook Answer Key Topic 2.7 Subtracting Whole Numbers
Subtracting Whole Numbers
How do you subtract numbers?
Brenda has a total of 221 songs in her computer. Her sister, Susan, has a total of 186 songs in her computer. How many more songs does Brenda have in her computer than Susan?
Choose an Operation Subtract to find how many more songs.
Guided Practice*
Do You Know How?
In 1 through 4, subtract.
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Do You Understand?
Question 5.
In the example at the top, why was the 0 in the hundreds place not written in the answer?
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Question 6.
Brenda would like to have 275 songs on her computer by next year. How many more songs does she need to download?
Independent Practice
In 7 through 26, subtract.
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Question 13.
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Question 14.
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Question 15.
552 – 228
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Question 16.
3,711 – 1,683
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Question 17.
217 – 166
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Question 18.
562 – 199
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Question 19.
7,475 – 5,130
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Question 20.
5,831 – 1,156
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Question 21.
9,385 – 720
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Question 22.
1,111 – 589
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Question 23.
8,476 – 2,185
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Question 24.
6,251 – 964
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Question 25.
7,374 – 1,246
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Question 26.
8,327 – 3,796
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Step 1
Find 221 – 186.
Estimate: 220 – 190 = 30
Subtract the ones.
Step 2
Subtract the tens.
Subtract the hundreds.
Step 3
Operations that undo each other are inverse operations. Addition and subtraction have an inverse relationship.
The answer checks.
The answer checks.
Problem Solving
Question 27.
A crayon company makes 17,491 green crayons and 15,063 red crayons. How many more green crayons are made than red crayons?
A. 3,463
B. 2,428
C. 10,456
D. 32,554
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Question 28.
Angela hiked a trail that climbed 526 feet. Raul hiked a trail that climbed 319 feet. How many more feet did Angela climb than Raul?
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Question 29.
Jermaine and Linda collected aluminum cans for one month. Look at the chart below to see how many aluminum cans each
student collected.
a. Who collected more cans?
b. Find the difference between the number of cans collected.
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Question 30.
Mount Kilimanjaro is a mountain in Africa. A group of mountain climbers begin their descent from the peak. On Monday, the mountain climbers descended 3,499 feet. On Tuesday, they descended another 5,262 feet. How many feet have the mountain climbers descended?
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Question 31.
Mike’s team scored 63 points in the first half of a basketball game. His team won the game by a score of 124 to103. How many points did his team score in the second half?
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