Addition - Problem Solving

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Addison has a bag of bubble gum.

• The bag contains red gumballs and yellow gumballs.

• The bag contains 57 fewer red gumballs than yellow gumballs.

• The bag contains 172 yellow gumballs.

How many red gumballs does Addison have?

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Bradley has tomato plants in his garden. This year the plants grew 119 tomatoes. Birds ate 17 of the tomatoes. 19 were ruined by bugs. He picked the rest. How many tomatoes did he pick?

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Solve the problem. Include a label in your answer.

Jade had some ribbons. She gave 31 of them to David. Now Jade has 68 ribbons. How many ribbons did Jade have at first?

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Mashburn has eight stickers. Hank has seven stickers. How many stickers do they have in all?

• 10 stickers

• 1 sticker

• 15 stickers

• 16 stickers

Multiple Choice

There are 7 frogs in the pond. 2 more frogs jump in. How many frogs are in the pond now?

• 9

• 5

• 4

• 8

Multiple Choice

What words are commonly used for word problems involving addition sums?

• in all

• altogether

• total

• none of the above

Multiple Select

Raj finds 37 acorns in his front yard. He finds 29 acorns in his backyard. How many acorns does Raj find in all? What is the key word? What operation does it help me solve?

• how many

• finds

• in all

• addition

• subtraction

Multiple Choice

What is the key words needed to help us solve the problem?

• gave

• altogether

• candy

• How many?

Multiple Choice

What operation do these words help you solve?

• addition

• subtraction

Multiple Choice

What operation do these words help you solve?

• addition

• subtraction

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Mr. Wolf has 22 red pens, 16 black pens, and 26 blue pens. How many pens does he have?

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A template needs to be fabricated that will hold in place 8 clips to be welded in the same location on each floor of the building. The center-to-center distances of these clips are 27", 33", 37", 44", 39", 34", and 25". What is the length of the template from the center of the first clip to the center of the last clip?

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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? 

Multiple Choice

Kate read 12 pages in a book. Ryan read 8 pages in a book. How many pages did they read in all?

• 4 pages

• 21 pages

• 20 pages

• 19 pages

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 

Poll

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