Word Problems

Word Problems

with addition and subtraction

So what are CUBES?

• Jane was hired to cater for the mayor’s 50th birthday. She needs to make 750 pies. She divided her crew into 3 teams. If the first team made 235, and the second made 275, how many pies should the third team make?

• CIRCLE the important numbers.

• UNDERLINE the question.

• BOX clues that help us know what operation to use.

• EXAMINE the question and EXCLUE what you don't need.

• SOLVE!

So try one....... write this problem in your journal and solve using CUBES.

She needs 280 cups of mushroom soup. If the first team made 90 cups in 60 minutes, and the third team made 70 cups in 90 minutes, how any cups should the second team prepare in order to meet the required amount of soup?

Let's try one more!

For the main dish, they were asked to cook steak. If the third and second team cooked 240 plates of steak, and the first team cooked 75 plates less than what the second and third team made, how many steaks did they cook altogether?

Multiple Choice

Field Kindergarten Center has 138 students. Jordan School has 289 students. Schiller School has 274 students. How many students are in these three buildings altogether? 

• 738 students
• 602 students
• 612 students
• 701 students

Multiple Choice

The City of Centralia needs to raise money to open a new skating rink. It will cost the city $50,000 to build it. So far, they have raised $17,823. How much more money do they still need to raise? 

• $43,288
• $21,066
• $32,177
• $42,177

Multiple Choice

Amy has family that lives in Germany. The distance from where she lives to Germany is 431,283 miles. Arnold has family that lives in California. The distance from where he lives to California is 47,392 miles. What is the difference between these distances?

• 383,891 miles
• 493,991 miles
• 372,782 miles
• 484,891 miles

Multiple Choice

During the summer, there are 3,853 people at Carlyle Lake. During the winter, that number drops to 1,295 people. How many more people stay at Carlyle Lake in the summer than in the winter?

• 2,558 people
• 3,559 people
• 2,669 people
• 3,668 people

Multiple Choice

In 2016, there were 30,162 at the Super Bowl. In 2017, there were 118,364 people at the Super Bowl. What was the total number of people at both games?

• 158,526 people
• 148,435 people
• 148,526 people
• 149,637 people

Multiple Choice

Max's goal is to practice playing drums for 300 minutes this week.

On Sunday he practiced for 127 minutes. On Tuesday he practiced for 38 minutes.

How many more minutes does Max need to practice in order to meet his goal?

• 135

• 465

• 165

• 145

Multiple Choice

An art teacher had 342 paint brushes.

-She threw away 87 broken paint brushes .

-Then she bought 150 more paint brushes.

Which equation shows how to find the number of crayons the art teacher has now?

• 342 - 87 - 150 =

• 342 - 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 - 150 =

Multiple Choice

Jurrien collected 5,889 pennies. This is 1,782 FEWER than Matteo collected. About how many pennies did Matteo collect?

• 5,000
• 8,000
• 4,000
• 7,000

Multiple Choice

Aliah was making bracelets to sell at Bulldog Day. She needed 26 beads for each bracelet. If she sold 42 red bracelets, 27 blue bracelets, and 28 green bracelets, how may beads did she need for the bracelets?

• 97
• 123
• 2,162
• 2,522