Quiz Unit 1: Addition and Subtraction Number Stories

Jim earns $22.50, $14.75, and $8.50 on three different days. How much did he earn in all?

• $45.75

• $457.50

• $4.57

• $3.57

Students are collecting cans for a food drive. Week one they collected 172.3 pounds of food. Week 5, they collected 238 pounds of food. How much more did they collect in week 5?

• 0 pounds

• -65.7 pounds

• 300 pounds

• 65.5 pounds

Layla went to a coffee shop. She bought 2 cupcakes with $5.70, 1 juice with $1.50, and and ice cream cup for her brother with $3.50. If Layla has $15, how much change will the cashier give her back?

• $10.70

• $4.30

• $10.00

• Layla gets no change

Ms. Mitchell ran 12.3 mile on Saturday. Ms. Chaney ran 4.9 miles. How much farther did Ms. Mitchell run than Ms. Chaney?

8.6

• 7.4 miles

• 8.4 miles

• 17 miles

• 17.2 miles

Jan had $20.00. He bought a board game for $8.49 and a book for $3.25. How much money does he have left?

What operation would you use to solve this problem?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

Three friends went to an apple orchard to pick apples. Karla picked 4.25 pounds of apples, Ben picked 3.8 pounds, and Sherie picked 5.75 pounds. How many pounds of apples did they pick in all?

Choose the correct operation.

• multiplication

• subtraction

• addition

• subtraction then addition

Nicole and Aaron want to buy a Mother’s Day

present for their mom. They found a purse for $55.99.

Nicole has $32.80 and Aaron has $15.90 saved. How

much more money do they need in order to buy the

purse for their mom?

What order of operations will you use to solve this problem?

• addition then subtraction

• subtraction then addition

• addition only

• multiplication