Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Anu has 16 blocks. 9 are red and the rest are blue. How many blocks are blue?

• 7 blue blocks

• 6 blue blocks

• 5 blue blocks

• 4 blue blocks

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

There are 20 animals in the zoo. 14 are bears and the rest are tigers. How many of the animals are tigers?

• 8 tigers

• 14 tigers

• 34 tigers

• 6 tigers

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

• 6 jelly beans

• 7 jelly beans

• 23 jelly beans

• 8 jelly beans

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

There are seventeen students in Mrs. Smith's second grade class. If eight of them are girls, how many students are boys?

• 17 boys

• 8 boys

• 9 boys

• 7 boys

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Olivia read 2 books on Monday, 3 books on Tuesday, and 4 books on Wednesday. How many books did she read in all?

• 5 books

• 7 books

• 9 books

• 10 books

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Mrs. Knight and Ms. Carpenter sell flags to raise money for their club. Mrs. Knight sells 457 flags and Ms. Carpenter sells 686 flags.  Who sells more flags? How many more? 

• Mrs. Knight, 229
• Ms. Carpenter, 229
• Mrs. Knight, 219
• Ms. Carpenter, 219 

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Will had 8 baseballs. Then he got 5 more. How many baseballs does he have now?

• 13 baseballs

• 3 baseballs

• 12 baseballs

• 15 baseballs

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

There were 6 boys on the stairs. Then 7 more boys joined them. How many boys are there altogether?

• 13 boys

• 12 boys

• 14 boys

• 1 boys

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CCSS.1.OA.A.1

The temperature was 50 degrees in the afternoon. It was 36 degrees in the evening. How much did the temperature change?

• 14 degrees

• 86 degrees

• 20 degrees

• 26 degrees

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Mary had 245 cookies. She made 156 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

• 111 cookies

• 11 cookies

• 401 cookies

• 89 cookies

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8