Solving Word Problems Involving Addition and Subtraction

2). Out of all the guests Saron invited to her birthday party, 96 guests decided to attend and 48 guests declined. How many people did she invite in all?

• 48

• 144

• 134

• 96

Answer explanation

The guests who decided to come = 96

The guests who declined to come = 48

How many people did she invite [in all]= .......?

96 + 48 = 144

3). A florist sold 62 lilies, 73 roses, and 20 sunflowers.

How many flowers did she sell altogether?

• 165

• 154

• 155 flowers

• 255

4). Dilly had 175 stickers.

he gave 60 to he sister and 23 sticker to his brother.

How many stickers did he have left?

• 92 stickers

• 93 stickers

• 142 stickers

5). Celine bought a storybook.

It has 487 pages.

She read 200 pages on Saturday and 66 pages on Sunday.

How many more pages does Celine have to read to finish the book?

• 121 more pages

• 212 more pages

• 321 more pages

• 221 more pages

1). Maths Pupil's book has 256 pages in total.

Jade has read 74 so far.

How many pages does he have left to read?

• 182 pages

• 330 pages

• 186 pages

• 326 pages