Subtract a 2-digit number from a 3-digit number with single regrouping

Objectives
Student will be able to:
  • calculate the difference between a 3-digit and a 2- or 3-digit number with single regrouping.
  • solve word problems using subtraction with single regrouping.

Exercises
A recycling drive lasted four weeks. Complete the exercises. Show all work.
1.
During week three, 158 pounds of cans were recycled. During week four, 94 pounds of cans were recycled. How many more pounds of cans were recycled during week three than week four?
 
Sixty-four more pounds were recycled during week three.
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2.
During week one, 193 pounds of glass were recycled. During week four, 68 pounds of glass were recycled. How many more pounds of glass were recycled during week one than week four?
 
One hundred twenty-five more pounds were recycled during week one.
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3.
The highest number of pounds of cans ever recycled in a single week was 280 pounds. How many more is that than the number of pounds of cans recycled during week two, which was 59 pounds?
 
Two hundred twenty-one more pounds were recycled.
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4.
During week one, 238 pounds of newspaper were recycled. During week three, 197 pounds of newspaper were recycled. How many more pounds of newspaper were recycled during week one than week three?
 
Forty-one more pounds were recycled during week one.
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5.
During week one, 57 pounds of clear glass was recycled. The total amount of glass recycled that week was 193 pounds. How many pounds of glass was not clear?
 
One hundred thirty-six pounds was not clear glass.
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6.
In week three, 94 pounds of the cans recycled were crushed. The total amount of cans recycled that week was 157 pounds. How many pounds of cans were not crushed?
 
Sixty-three pounds of cans were not crushed.
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