NAME ____________________________________ DATE __________________

DAILY PRACTICE

Paper Clip Problems

Write an equation. Solve the problem. Show your work.

• 1 There were 100 paper clips in a box. On her first turn, Sally pinched 75 paper clips. How many paper clips were still in the box?

  

  

• 2 Sally put all of the paper clips back into the box so that she had 100. On her second turn, she pinched 74 paper clips. How many paper clips were still in the box? How can you use the first problem to help you solve this problem?

  

NOTE

Students solve related story problems about subtracting amounts from 100.

MWI Ways to Make 100

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