Mixed Word Problems

Mixed Addition/Subtraction Word Problems

By Kwaylynn McCarty

Multiple Choice

Tyler has 475 basketball cards n his collection. He received 75 more basketball cards for his birthday. How many cards does he have total in his collection?

• 550 cards
• 560 cards
• 555 cards
• 540 cards

Multiple Choice

Makayla is reading a book that has 238 pages. She has read 179 pages. How many pages does Makayla have left to read?

• 60 pages
• 59 pages
• 58 pages
• 57 pages

Multiple Choice

There are 238 oak trees in the woods. There are 412 maple trees in the woods. How many trees are in the woods altogether?

• 660 trees
• 649 trees
• 650 trees
• 651 trees

Multiple Choice

Samson has 329 marbles. His brother gives him his old marble collection which has 234 marbles in it. How many marbles does Samson have altogether?

• 564 marbles
• 563 marbles
• 554 marbles
• 565 marbles

Multiple Choice

Lyla owns a bakery. On Monday morning she made 475 rainbow cookies. On Tuesday morning she baked 196 oatmeal raisin cookies. How many more rainbow cookies did she bake?

• 280 cookies
• 278 cookies
• 276 cookies
• 279 cookies

Fill in the Blanks

The mass of an elephant is 982kg while the mass of a lion is 682kg.

Write an equation that can be used to represent the DIFFERENCE between the mass of the elephant and the mass of the lion.

Fill in the Blanks

A grocery store has 348 bags of tortilla chips and 573 bags of corn chips. How many bags of tortilla chips and

corn chips does the grocery store have?

Multiple Choice

In a reading competition, Tyger reads 627 pages, James reads 485 pages, and Mia reads 873 pages. How many pages did the three of them read in total?

• 1,896 pages

• 2,003 pages

• 1,985 pages

• 1,987 pages