Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

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John had 85 marbles in his collection. He lost 29 marbles. How many marbles does he have now?

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56

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Megan has 27 seashells. How many more seashells does she need to find to have 64 seashells in her collection?

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37

Front

Brad has 70 balloons. 32 balloons are red and the rest are green. How many green balloons does Brad have?

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38

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There are 38 books on the shelf. Marta put 26 more books on the shelf and her mom put 4 more books on the shelf. How many books are on the shelf now?

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68

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Cindy’s mom baked 41 cookies. Paul’s dad baked 38 cookies. Cindy and Paul ate 6 cookies each and then brought them to school for a party. How many cookies did they bring to school altogether?

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73

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Beth has 74 crayons. She gives 25 of them away to Jen. How many crayons does Beth have left?

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49

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29 birds were sitting in a tree. Some more fly up to the tree. Then there were 100 birds in the tree. How many more flew up to the tree?

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71

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79 birds were sitting in a tree. 21 more birds flew up to the tree. How many birds were there altogether in the tree?

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100

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Alyssa had 42 cookies. Jordan has 68 cookies. How many more cookies does Jordan have than Alyssa?

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26

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The aquarium has a lot of fish tanks. They bought 18 more fish and now the aquarium has 80 fish. How many fish did the aquarium have to begin with?

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62