Understand the sentence and solve the problems.

Fill in the missing numbers in brackets.

Name : ____________________    Date   : _____________

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  1) Ali have 9 coins.  He gave away 3 coins.
      How many coins have Ali left?

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     Ali had _______ coins left.
 

  2) Rose buys 12 durians.  She ate away 5 durians.
      How many durians are left?

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     _______  durians were left.
 

  3) John mother gave John 15 ice-creams.
      He ate 2 ice-creams and gave 3 to his friends.
      How many ice-creams does John have now? 

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     John now have _______  ice-creams.
 

  4) Ling Ling have 9 chickens in her farms.
      Her mother took 1 for dinner.
      Two chickens ran away.
      Now the farm have how many chickens left?

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     The farm were left with _______  chickens.
 

  5) Wendy bought 5 pencils from the bookshop.
      Her brother gave her 3 more pencils.
      Later, her friend gave her another 3 more pencils.
      How many pencils does Wendy have altogether?

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     Altogether, Wendy have _______  pencils.

Answers:
  1)   9 - 3 = 6
  2) 12 - 5 = 7
  3) 15 - 2 = 13
      13 - 3 = 10
  4)  9 - 1 = 8
       8 - 2 = 6
  5)  5 + 3 = 8
       8 + 3 = 11

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