Word Problems

Bill has 42 red jelly beans and 36 blue jelly beans. How many jelly beans does he have in all?

• 14

• 78

• 74

• 6

Jane has 9 crayons. She finds some more crayons in her desk. Now she has 20 crayons. How many crayons did Jane find in her desk?

• 29

• 20

• 9

• 11

Ben has $99. He spends $50 on a new bike. How much money does Ben have left?

• $49

• $50

• $39

• $149

Which number sentence matches the word problem?

Beth made 24 chocolate chip cookies. Her family ate 8 of them. How many cookies are left?

• 24 + 8 = 32

• 24 - 8 = 16

• 16 + 8 = 24

Tim has $30. He earns $10 for cutting his neighbor's grass. How much money does Tim have now?

• $40

• $20

• $10

Kate was measuring her dolls. One doll was 26 inches tall. Another doll was 35 inches tall. If she stacked the dolls on top of each other, how tall would they be?

• 9 inches

• 51 inches

• 61 inches

Which number sentence matches the word problem?

Stan has $14. He gets $19 for his birthday. How much money does he have in all?

• $19 - $14 = $5

• $14 + $19 = $33

Kelsey read 34 pages of her book before lunch. After lunch she read some more. If Kelsey read 56 pages in all, how many pages did she read after lunch?

• 90

• 20

• 22

Jess game out 21 cookies to the girls in her class. She then gave out cookies to the boys in her class. If Jess gave out 45 cookies in all, how many cookies did she give out to the boys?

• 24

• 66

• 26

Dan picked 12 flowers on Monday. He picked 9 flowers on Tuesday. How many flowers did he pick in all?

• 17

• 3

• 21