Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Multiple Choice

Pop Pop has 25 posters.  He bought 15 more.  How many does he have now?

• 10 posters
• 30 posters
• 15 posters
• 40 posters

Multiple Choice

^{25 + 32 =}

• 48
• 57
• 84
• 12

Multiple Choice

Mrs. D has 21 students in her class. Mrs. Hunt has 18 students in her class. How many more students are in Mrs. D's class? 

• 17 students
• 3 students
• 7 students
• 39 students

Multiple Choice

Jace has 15 stuffed animals. Brooks has 19. How many stuffed animals do they have altogether? 

• 14 stuffed animals
• 4 stuffed animals
• 24 stuffed animals
• 34 stuffed animals

Multiple Choice

Bobby had 24 colored pencils. He lost 6 of them. How many colored pencils does Bobby have left? 

• 12 colored pencils 
• 30 colored pencils
• 18 colored pencils
• 22 colored pencils 

Multiple Choice

Coco the Clown was making balloon animals at a birthday party.  26 children wanted dog balloon animals and 17 wanted bears.  How many balloon animals did Coco the Clown make at the party?

• 21
• 43
• 45
• 33

Multiple Choice

Mary had 24 cookies. She made 31 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

• 55
• 53
• 35
• 13

Multiple Choice

The temperature was 50 degrees in the afternoon. It was 30 degrees in the evening. How much did the temperature change?

• 20 degrees
• 80 degrees
• 10 degrees
• 40 degrees

Multiple Choice

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

• 13
• 12
• 14
• 1

Multiple Choice

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

• 13
• 3
• 12
• 15

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Smith had 12 donuts. She bought 25 more. How many does she have now?

• 37
• 63
• 13
• 47

Multiple Choice

A PC computer that Hunter likes costs $2,079. A mac computer model costs $3,048. How much more does the mac computer cost?

• $696
• $699
• $969
• $999

Multiple Choice

The tallest mountain in China is 12,283 feet tall and the tallest mountain in Russia is 12,172 feet tall. What is the sum of these mountains?

• 24,263 feet
• 24,455 feet
• 24,483 feet
• 25,473 feet

Multiple Choice

The local school is collecting money to help pay for new recess equipment. The school wants to collect $2,000. If the school collects $1,455, then how much more money do they need to collect? 

• $545
• $645
• $445
• $535

Multiple Choice

An airline pilot wants to measure how many miles they fly in a day. The pilot will make three trips in a day. The first trip is 675 miles. The second trip is 680 miles. The last trip will be 685 miles. How many total miles will the pilot fly that particular day? 

• 1,040 Miles
• 2,040 Miles 
• 2,240 Miles
• 2,480 Miles

Multiple Choice

81,412 + 3,489

• 84,901
• 85,900
• 848,911
• 848,901

Multiple Choice

During September and October, a total of 825,150 visitors went to the Grand Canyon National Park. If 448,925 visitors went to the park in September, how many visitors went in October?

• 375,225
• 531,440
• 376,225
• 532,440

Multiple Choice

A desktop computer that Hunter likes costs $1,275. A laptop model of the same computer costs $1,648. How much more does the laptop cost?

• $473
• $433
• $373
• $333

Multiple Choice

On Saturday night, 23,748 people attended the concert. On Sunday, 7,570 more people attended the concert than on Saturday. How many people attended the concert on Sunday?

• 31,328 people
• 31,318 people
• 16,178 people
• 21,318 people

Multiple Choice

A stationary store had 5,300 greeting cards. If they sold 3,710 cards, how many cards are left?

• 2,410
• 9,010
• 1,690
• 1,590

Multiple Choice

A total of 3,718 tickets were sold for a skating show. Of that total, 1,279 were adult tickets. The remaining tickets were child tickets. How many child tickets were sold?

• 2,439
• 2,561
• 3,439
• 4,997

Multiple Choice

Jamil drinks 1,466 milliliters of water a day. Miricile drinks 2,895 mililiters more than Jamil. How much water does Miricle drink? 

• 4361 milliliters 
• 4351 milliliters 
• 1429 milliliters
• 1329 milliliters 

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Knight and Ms. Carpenter sell flags to raise money for their club. Mrs. Knight sells 457 flags and Ms. Carpenter sells 686 flags.  Who sells more flags? How many more? 

• Mrs. Knight, 229
• Ms. Carpenter, 229
• Mrs. Knight, 219
• Ms. Carpenter, 219 

Multiple Choice

Ms. Henley runs 3,860 meters and Mrs. O'Neill runs 5,470 meters. How far do they run altogether? 

• 1610 meters
• 2410 meters
• 9380 meters 
• 9330 meters 

Multiple Choice

56,000 - 34,953

• 21,046
• 21,047
• 22,157
• 22.047

Multiple Choice

Ms. Basinger buys a duck and a chicken. The duck weighs 2,300 grams. The chicken weighs 1,675 grams. How much heavier is the duck than the chicken? 

• 1375 grams
• 575 grams
• 625 grams
• 635 grams

Multiple Choice

The local school is collecting money to help pay for new recess equipment. The school wants to collect $2,000. If the school collects $1,455, then how much more money do they need to collect? 

• $545
• $645
• $445
• $535

Multiple Choice

A rain forest receives a lot of rain during the year. In 2015, the rain forest had 165 inches of rain. The following year, the rain forest had 197 inches of rain. How much rain did the rain forest receive in those two years? 

• 462 Inches
• 382 Inches
• 412 Inches
• 362 Inches 

Multiple Choice

A volleyball player wants to end the season on a good note. In her last three games, the volleyball player recorded how many spikes they would get. In the first game, she had 12 spikes. In the second game, she had a better game and had 18 spikes. Then in her last game, again she had 18 spikes. How many spikes did she get in her last three games? 

• 38 Spikes
• 50 Spikes
• 46 Spikes
• 48 Spikes 

Multiple Choice

A puppy has now grown to its full adult size. The puppy weighed 8 lbs when it was born. Now the adult dog weighs 92 lbs. How much did the dog grow in its life? 

• 100 lbs
• 84 lbs
• 74 lbs
• 64 lbs 

Multiple Choice

Nebraska is about 464 Miles. Iowa is about 289 miles. How many miles are each state together? 

• 703 Miles
• 853 Miles
• 753 Miles
• 773 Miles 

Multiple Choice

A fifth grader has 75 Pokemon cards. He lets his friend borrow 8 cards. Then he lets his other friend borrow 4 cards. How many cards does the fifth grader have after he lets his friends borrow some cards? 

• 52 cards
• 71 cards 
• 67 cards
• 63 cards 

Multiple Choice

There was a former professional wrestler named The Sheik. The Sheik would wrestle two matches a night. His first match, The Sheik would wear a mask. The second match he would wrestle the main event as The Sheik. His first match would go 17 minutes. The Sheik's second match would go 35 minutes. How much longer was The Sheik's second match than his first match? 

• 18 minutes
• 17 minutes
• 8 minutes
• 7 minutes

Multiple Choice

An airline pilot wants to measure how many miles they fly in a day. The pilot will make three trips in a day. The first trip is 675 miles. The second trip is 680 miles. The last trip will be 685 miles. How many total miles will the pilot fly that particular day? 

• 1,040 Miles
• 2,040 Miles 
• 2,240 Miles
• 2,480 Miles

Multiple Choice

My little brother is trying to figure out how many days are in winter. December has 11 days, January has 31 days, February has 28 days, and March has 21 days of winter. How many total days are there in winter? 

• 90 Days 
• 100 Days 
• 91 Days 
• 190 Days 

Multiple Choice

A zoo has two new baby giraffes. The younger baby giraffe is a boy. The older baby giraffe is a girl. The girl giraffe 625 lbs. The boy giraffe weighs about 580 lbs. How much do the two giraffes weigh? 

• 1,105 lbs
• 3,155 lbs 
• 1,385 lbs
• 1,205 lbs

Multiple Choice

After two games of the 5th grade basketball season, the team has a 1 win, 1 loss record. In their win, the team scored 56 points. For their loss, they scored 27 points. How many more points did the team score in their first game than their second game?

• 19 points

• 39 points

• 29 points

• 49 points

Multiple Choice

After two games of the 5th grade basketball season, the team has a 1 win, 1 loss record. In their win, the team scored 56 points. For their loss, they scored 27 points. How many more points did the team score in their first game than their second game?

• 19 points

• 39 points

• 29 points

• 49 points

Multiple Choice

During the fall, Brandon and Blake collected pinecones. Brandon collected 234 pine cones. Blake collected 139 pinecones. On the way back home, they dropped 25 pinecones. How many pine cones did they have when they got home?

• 498

• 348

• 373

Multiple Choice

The school book fair sold 461 books during the first week. They sold 307 books during the second week of the book fair. How many more books were sold during the first week than the second week?

• 154

• 163

• 768

• 166

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Webb wanted to buy spider rings for Halloween. She found 174 spiders rings at Walmart and 286 spider rings at Target. How many more spider rings were at Target?

• 460

• 212

• 112

Multiple Choice

Solve: 528 - 235 = __________

• 293

• 313

• 763

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

There were 3 jars of candy corn at the Fall Festival. The first jar had 79 pieces of candy corn, the second jar had 147 pieces of candy corn and the third jar had 144 pieces of candy corn. How many pieces of candy corn were there in all 3 jars combined?

• 291

• 223

• 376

• 370

Multiple Choice

Emily collected 264 pieces of candy while trick-or-treating. Her brother, Alex, collected 50 more pieces of candy than Emily. How many pieces of candy did Alex collect?

• 314

• 210

• 214

Multiple Choice

Molly picked 582 berries. She threw away 125 rotten berries. How many berries does Molly have left? What plan ( + or -) would you use to answer the question?

• Addition (+)

• Subtraction (-)

Multiple Choice

Mr. Jones walked 472 steps Monday morning, 318 steps on Tuesday morning and 390 steps Wednesday morning. How many steps did he walk Tuesday and Wednesday morning?

• 790

• 862

• 708

• 1,180

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

Jordan read 485 pages last month and 391 pages this month. How many pages did Jordan read altogether?

• 866 pages
• 876 pages
• 886 pages
• 877 pages

Multiple Choice

Roger had 162 baseball cards. He received 20 more for his birthday and 7 more for cleaning his room. How many baseball cards does he have now?

• 135

• 185

• 189

• 190

Multiple Choice

Lindsey bought a sweater for $28 and a pair of jeans for $51. What is the best estimate for how much money Lori spent in dollars?

• $70

• $80

• $60

• $74

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Smith’s class planted seeds each day during a week at summer camp. How many seeds did they plant on Monday and Friday?

• 556

• 658

• 560

• 670

Multiple Choice

Look at the pictorial model, which equation does the model represent?

• 345 -123

• 248 +132

• 138 -132

• 248 -132

Multiple Choice

Josh and his friend Chloe are playing with blocks. Chloe has 48 blocks and Josh has 27 blocks. How many more blocks does Chloe have than Josh?

• 21

• 57

• 73

• 75

Multiple Choice

The bakery has 381 chocolate cupcakes and 346 vanilla cupcakes. How many total cupcakes does the bakery have?

• 727 cupcakes
• 725 cupcakes
• 720 cupcakes
• 729 cupcakes

Multiple Choice

Michelle wanted to make 300 fliers for her campaign as class president during the weekend.

-Michelle made 85 on Friday

-Michelle made 124 on Saturday

Which equation below shows how to find the number of fliers Michelle needs to make on Sunday?

• 300 + 85 + 124

• 300 – 85 – 124

• 300 – 85 + 124

• 124 – 85 + 300

Multiple Choice

Jane had 52 crates of apples to unload at the grocery store. She unloaded 29 of them. About how many crates does she have left to unload?

• 20

• 30

• 50

• 80

Multiple Choice

Maleah ran 10 miles on Monday, 10 miles on Tuesday and 10 miles on Wednesday. She took a break on Thursday and then ran 10 miles on Friday. How many miles did Maleah run this week combined?

• 40 miles

• 50 miles

• 10 miles

• 90 miles

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Daigle had 21 students in her class. 2 students moved away. Then 6 new students joined the class. How many students are in Mrs. Daigle's class now?

• 17

• 27

• 25

• 18

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Daigle had 21 students in her class. 2 students moved away. Then 6 new students joined the class. How many students are in Mrs. Daigle's class now?

• 17

• 27

• 25

• 18