Using subtraction to solve problems

There were 1165 cups delivered Bill's story was 1561 words long.
to a shop. 237 were broken Ben's story was 1395 words long.
when they arrived. How many How many more words did Bill
cups were unbroken? write than Ben?

Harry has saved £2257 for a There are 2615 pages in my

holiday. He has spent £1329 on book. I have read 1293. How
flights and a hotel. How much many more pages do I have
spending money is left? remaining?

Sue collected 4212 tokens. She A mum buys 12.5litres of pop for
swapped 1675 of them for a day a child’s party. The children
at a theme park. How many drink 8.75litres of the pop. How
tokens did she have left? much pop is left?

CHALLENGE
It is 425km from Leeds to CHALLENGE
London. Jake cycles in 3 stages. A ribbon is 7.5m long. A piece
Stage 1 118 km 3.65m in length is used, and then
Stage 2 135 km a second piece 2.23m is used.
Stage 3 How much ribbon is left?
How far is Stage 3?