Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

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 

After two games of the 5th grade basketball season, the team has a 1 win, 1 loss record. In their win, the team scored 56 points. For their loss, they scored 27 points. How many more points did the team score in their first game than their second game? 

• 19 points
• 39 points
• 29 points 
• 49 points 

The warmest day of this year was 105 degrees. The coldest day of the year was 18 degrees. What is the difference between the warmest and coldest days of the year? 

• 97 degress
• 77 degrees
• 123 degrees
• 87 degrees 

A zoo has two new baby giraffes. The younger baby giraffe is a boy. The older baby giraffe is a girl. The girl giraffe weighs about 625 lbs. The boy giraffe weighs about 580 lbs. How much do the two giraffes weigh? 

• 1,105 lbs
• 3,155 lbs 
• 1,385 lbs
• 1,205 lbs

My little brother is trying to figure out how many days are in winter. December has 11 days, January has 31 days, February has 28 days, and March has 21 days of winter. How many total days are there in winter? 

• 90 Days 
• 100 Days 
• 91 Days 
• 190 Days 

A fifth grader has 75 Pokemon cards. He lets his friend borrow 8 cards. Then he lets his other friend borrow 4 cards. How many cards does the fifth grader have after he lets his friends borrow some cards? 

• 52 cards
• 71 cards 
• 67 cards
• 63 cards 

Nebraska is about 464 Miles. Iowa is about 289 miles. How many miles are each state together? 

• 703 Miles
• 853 Miles
• 753 Miles
• 773 Miles 

The local school is collecting money to help pay for new recess equipment. The school wants to collect $2,000. If the school collects $1,455, then how much more money do they need to collect? 

• $545
• $645
• $445
• $535

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

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