Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

1. Ben has 11 hats. He gives away some hats. Now, he has 3 hats. How many hats did he give away? Choose the equation that can be used to find out how many hats Ben gave away.

Circle your answer.

• A. 11 + 3 = □

• B. □ = 11 + 3

• C. 11 - □ = 3

• D. □ = 3 - 11

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2. A group of 13 birds were resting on a tree. Some more birds joined them. Now, we see 17 birds resting on the tree. How many more birds joined the group? Circle your answer.

• 30

• 13

• 5

• 4

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• A. 10 – 8 = □

• B. 9 – 9 = □

• C. □ = 8 + 10

• D. □ = 8 + 9

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4. What is the missing number in both equations?

_____ = 17 - 7

7 + _____ = 17

• 7

• 10

• 11

• 17

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5. Which addition sentence can be used to find 5 – 2?

Circle the letter choice with the addends that helped you solve.

5 = _____+ _____

• A. 4 + 2

• B. 4 + 1

• C. 1 + 4

• D. 3 + 2

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6. Circle the correct strategy that solves for the equation below.

12 – 8 = □

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7. What number is missing to make the equation true? Use the number line to solve.

□ - 5 = 7

• 2

• 7

• 11

• 12

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8. What number is missing? Circle the letter choice with the missing number.

16 = _____ + 8

16 - _____ = 8

• 8

• 9

• 16

• 24

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• A. Jacob has 11 fewer colored pencils.

• B. Jacob has 8 fewer colored pencils.

• C. Jacob has 5 fewer colored pencils.

• D. Jacob has 3 fewer colored pencils.

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10. Lucile has 17 flowers. Some are white flowers and some are red flowers. Which statement best describes the amounts of each color Lucile could have?

• A. Lucile could have more of one color flower than the other.

• B. Lucile could have the same amount of each color flower.

• C. Lucile could have more than 17 flowers.

• D. Lucile could have 0 of one color flower and 17 of the other color flower.

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