Word Problems- Addition and Subtraction

Front

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

Back

7 blue blocks

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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

Mrs. Knight sells 457 flags and Ms. Carpenter sells 686 flags. Who sells more flags? How many more?

Back

Ms. Carpenter, 229

Front

Will had 8 baseballs. Then he got 5 more. How many baseballs does he have now?

Back

13 baseballs

Front

There were 6 boys on the stairs. Then 7 more boys joined them. How many boys are there altogether?

Back

13 boys

Front

The temperature was 50 degrees in the afternoon. It was 36 degrees in the evening. How much did the temperature change?

Back

14 degrees

Front

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

Back

401 cookies