Multi Step Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Jim has one dollar.  He spends 16 cents on a pencil.  Jim's dad gives him five dollars for mowing the grass. Write an equation with a letter for the unknown to find out how much money Jim has now.

• 100¢ -16¢  ⁼ m
• m ⁼1 dollar
• $1.00 - $.16 + $5.00 ⁼ m
• 5 +1 + 16⁼ m

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ronnie needs 101 cupcakes for a birthday party. He already has 21 chocolate cupcakes and 33 vanilla cupcakes. How many more cupcakes should Ronnie buy?

• 80
• 113
• 47
• 68

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Janet's mother gave her $76 to go to the store. Janet bought 2 loaves of bread and 4 cartons of orange juice. Each loaf of bread cost $5 and each carton of orange juice cost $3. How much money does Janet have left?

• 68
• 54
• 84
• 20

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Desmon and Garrett are running a marathon.  Desmon raised $3,654 and Garrett raised $2,765.  Jesse and Mikayla are running the same marathon.  Jesse raised $4,876 and Mikayla raised $2,874.  How much more money did Jesse and Mikayla raise than Garrett and Desmon?

• $2,756
• $1,419
• $1,331
• $14,169

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Haley picked 28 carrots from her garden. If she threw out 11 of them and then picked 9 more the next day, how many carrots would she have total?

• 39
• 20
• 26
• 48

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Brenda has 13 white buttons. She has 4 fewer brown buttons than white buttons. Brenda has 5 more gray buttons than brown buttons. How many buttons does Brenda have in all?

• 14
• 22
• 29
• 36

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Sam. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Sam. If Sam has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12
• 6
• 21
• 24

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.B.5

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Allison is reading a book with 99 pages.  She read 37 pages on Monday.  Then she read 42 pages on Tuesday.  How many pages does she still have to read?

• 178
• 79
• 20
• 62

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

There are 54,278 men, 32,428 women, and 15,273 less children than women at the baseball game. How many people are at the baseball game?

• 17,155

• 96,761

• 103,861

• 100,000

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A male elephant weighs 23,287 pounds. The female elephant weighs 2,387 less pounds than the male elephant. What equation could be used to determine how much the female weighs?

• 23,287-p=2,387

• 23,287+ 2,387= p

• 23,287-2,387=p

• 2,387-p=12,287

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8