Grade 4 Subtraction Word Problems Worksheets
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Practice Worksheet
Grade 4 Subtraction Word Problems Practice
Solve each problem. Show your work.
- 1.Ava had 1750 dollars and spent 239 dollars on a toy. How much money does Ava have left?
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- 2.There were 4693 birds in a tree. 2347 of them flew away. How many birds are left in the tree?
(word problem)
- 3.Noah had 1289 apples. They gave away 783. How many apples does Noah have left?
(word problem)
- 4.A ribbon is 220 cm long. Emma cuts off 59 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
(word problem)
- 5.Emma had 724 stickers. They gave away 629. How many stickers does Emma have left?
(word problem)
- 6.There were 8701 birds in a tree. 4799 of them flew away. How many birds are left in the tree?
(word problem)
- 7.A jug holds 7765 litres of water. Mason poured out 7026 litres. How many litres are left?
(word problem)
- 8.Ava had 5935 dollars and spent 5521 dollars on a toy. How much money does Ava have left?
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Show answer key
- Question 1: 1511
- Question 2: 2346
- Question 3: 506
- Question 4: 161
- Question 5: 95
- Question 6: 3902
- Question 7: 739
- Question 8: 414
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About These Worksheets
Grade 4 students solve multi-step subtraction word problems involving larger numbers, money, and decimal quantities.
Subtraction word problems worksheets take computation skills and apply them to realistic scenarios: finding how many are left, how much more one quantity is than another, or how far apart two values are. Unlike straightforward column subtraction, word problems require students to first decide that subtraction is the correct operation — a step that trips up many students who default to whichever operation they practised most recently.
These worksheets deliberately include both "take away" problems (starting with a quantity and removing some) and "comparison" problems (finding the difference between two quantities), since research consistently shows that comparison subtraction is harder for students to recognize. Regular practice with both problem types builds a more complete and flexible understanding of what subtraction represents.
Skills Practised
- Identifying take-away versus comparison subtraction situations
- Translating written scenarios into subtraction number sentences
- Solving one-step and multi-step subtraction word problems
- Filtering out irrelevant information in longer problems
- Labelling answers correctly and explaining reasoning
Parent Tip: Ask "are we finding what's left, or how much more?" before your child starts solving — naming the problem type out loud builds the recognition skill that word problems require.