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I.9 Subtraction word problems with 4-digit and 5-digit numbers

A digital counter shows 54,872 steps. A user removes 321 steps due to an error. What is the corrected step count?

steps

A school database shows 92,764 records. 243 duplicate records were deleted. What is the corrected number of records?

records

A theme park recorded 6,001 rides in a day. 8 rides were canceled due to maintenance. What is the updated number of rides?

rides

A farmer harvested 8,421 oranges. Out of these, 210 oranges were packed into boxes. How many oranges were not packed?

oranges

A bike shop sold 5,000 helmets this year. Of those, 846 helmets were blue. How many helmets were a different color?

helmets

A game scoreboard shows 5,002 points. 7 points were removed after a correction. What is the updated score?

points

A stadium sold 9,764 seats for a game. A smaller event sold 230 fewer seats. How many seats were sold at the smaller event?

seats

A warehouse recorded 76,945 items. 230 items were defective and removed. What is the updated total?

items

A warehouse stored 7,001 boxes. 6 boxes were shipped out. How many boxes remain?

boxes

A library system logged 68,432 books. 112 books were reclassified. What is the remaining number of books?

books

After giving away 142 books, a library now has 7,513 books. How many books did the library have at the start?

books

A library recorded 65,000 total pages read. 4,589 pages were counted twice by mistake. What is the correct number of pages?

pages

A zoo had 70,002 visitors. 3,589 visitors went home early. How many visitors were still at the zoo?

visitors

A game app shows 50,203 points. Later, 1,478 points were counted by mistake. What is the correct number of points?

points

A delivery company handled 5,933 parcels. On Sunday, it handled 120 fewer parcels. How many parcels were handled on Sunday?

parcels

A robot in the school lab counted 9,665 blocks. Then 154 blocks were used to build a tower. How many blocks were not used?

blocks

An online puzzle game had 8,531 stars in a player’s account. The player used 420 stars to unlock a new world. How many stars are still in the account?

stars

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