Word Problems

Lisa had some books. She donated 26 books to the school fair. Now she has 35 books. How many books did Lisa have to begin with?

• 9 books

• 60 books

• 61 books

• 82 books

Jan had some beads. Her mom bought her 47 beads. She now has 82 beads. How many beads did Jan have to start with?

• 129 beads

• 35 beads

• 32 beads

• 114 beads

Mark bought some pencils for his class. His dad bought him 24 more pencils. He now has 65 pencils. How many pencils did he have to begin with?

• 100 pencils

• 92 pencils

• 89 pencils

• 41 pencils

Some birds were in a tree. When a cat climbed the tree 34 birds flew away. Now there are 45 birds left in the tree. How many birds were in the tree to begin with?

• 80 birds

• 79 birds

• 11 birds

• 22 birds

There were 18 students on the playground. Some of them went inside. Now there are 12. How many went inside?

• 30

• 16

• 6

• 12

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

• 10 posters

• 30 posters

• 15 posters

• 40 posters

A third grade class of 24 students has 14 girls in it. How many boys are in the class? 

• 38
• 10
• 17
• 8

Priscilla wrote 24 letters to her friends over the snow days. Then she wrote 8 letters to her family. How many letters did she write? 

• Priscilla wrote 30 letters.
• Priscilla wrote 32 letters.
• Priscilla wrote 26 letters. 
• Priscilla wrote 42 letters.

Caleb won 17 baseball games. His brother’s team won 12 baseball games. How many games did they win in all? 

• They won 29 games in all.
• They won 39 games in all.
• They won 19 games in all.
• They won 26 games in all.

Gavin made 24 Youtube videos on Monday. Then he took down 6 of them because his friend didn’t want to be on Youtube. How many videos were left on Youtube?

• Gavin left 20 videos on Youtube.
• Gavin left 18 videos on Youtube.
• Gavin left 30 videos on Youtube.
• Gavin left 14 videos on Youtube.