Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Front

Anu has 16 blocks. 9 are red and the rest are blue. How many blocks are blue?

Back

7 blue blocks

Front

There are 20 animals in the zoo. 14 are bears and the rest are tigers. How many of the animals are tigers?

Back

6 tigers

Front

Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

Back

7 jelly beans

Front

There are seventeen students in Mrs. Smith's second grade class. If eight of them are girls, how many students are boys?

Back

9 boys

Front

Olivia read 2 books on Monday, 3 books on Tuesday, and 4 books on Wednesday. How many books did she read in all?

Back

9 books

Front

Who sells more flags: Mrs. Knight (457 flags) or Ms. Carpenter (686 flags)? How many more?

Back

Ms. Carpenter, 229

Front

8 baseballs + 5 baseballs

Back

13 baseballs

Front

6 boys + 7 boys = ?

Back

13 boys

Front

Temperature change from 50 degrees in the afternoon to 36 degrees in the evening.

Back

14 degrees

Front

Mary had 245 cookies. She made 156 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

Back

401 cookies