IXL | Add and subtract whole numbers: word problems

Mr. Boone built a cabin with 672 logs, and his friend built a cabin with 61 logs. How many logs did the two of them use?

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question

Hassan owns the Wafting Pie Company. This morning, his employees used 494 eggs to bake pecan pies. If his employees used a total of 794 eggs today, how many eggs did they use in the afternoon?

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solution

Subtract the number of eggs used in the morning from the total number of eggs.

Subtract:


	794

−	494

Subtract the ones.


	7	9	4

–	4	9	4

			0

Subtract the tens.


	7	9	4

–	4	9	4

		0	0

Subtract the hundreds.


	7	9	4

–	4	9	4

	3	0	0

The difference is 300. Hassan's employees used 300 eggs in the afternoon.

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