Each brother gets one ice cream, and three brothers need three ice cream, so Mike has $5-3=2$~ice cream left. 
Mike bought five ice creams. He had three brothers and he gave each brother an ice cream. How many ice creams was left?~(adapted from $$2011$$ Math kangaroo Problems, Level $$1-2$$, Question \#$$3$$) 
Options:
(A) $$1$$ 
(B) $$3$$ 
(C) $$4$$ 
(D) $$2$$ 
(E) $$0$$ 