Addition/Subtraction Word Problems

What is the difference of 438 - 246?

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Mr. Jones walked 472 steps Monday morning, 318 steps on Tuesday morning and 390 steps Wednesday morning. How many steps did he walk Tuesday and Wednesday morning?

• 790

• 862

• 708

• 1,180

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Molly picked 582 berries. She threw away 125 rotten berries. How many berries does Molly have left? What plan ( + or -) would you use to answer the question?

• Addition (+)

• Subtraction (-)

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Emily collected 264 pieces of candy while trick-or-treating. Her brother, Alex, collected 50 more pieces of candy than Emily. How many pieces of candy did Alex collect?

• 314

• 210

• 214

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

There were 3 jars of candy corn at the Fall Festival. The first jar had 79 pieces of candy corn, the second jar had 147 pieces of candy corn and the third jar had 144 pieces of candy corn. How many pieces of candy corn were there in all 3 jars combined?

• 291

• 223

• 376

• 370

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

What is the sum of 394 + 127?

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Solve: 528 - 235 = __________

• 293

• 313

• 763

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Mrs. Webb wanted to buy spider rings for Halloween. She found 174 spiders rings at Walmart and 286 spider rings at Target. How many more spider rings were at Target?

• 460

• 212

• 112

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The school book fair sold 461 books during the first week. They sold 307 books during the second week of the book fair. How many more books were sold during the first week than the second week?

• 154

• 163

• 768

• 166

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

During the fall, Brandon and Blake collected pinecones. Brandon collected 234 pine cones. Blake collected 139 pinecones. On the way back home, they dropped 25 pinecones. How many pine cones did they have when they got home?

• 498

• 348

• 373

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8