#1 STAAR CATEGORY 2 - TEK 3.4A (ADD/SUBT WORD PROBLEMS)

Corina decided to take a three-day bicycle trip with her scout troop. She rode 21 miles the first day, 33 miles the second day, and 28 miles the third day. How many miles did she ride her bicycle during the three days?

Jonas read 272 pages in his new book on Friday. This was 114 more pages than he read on Saturday. How many pages did he read on Saturday?

Clarissa waited 54 minutes for her grandmother to arrive at the train station. Clarissa read a book for 19 minutes and played checkers with her sister for 17 minutes. The rest of the time Clarissa watched trains arrive and depart. How much time did she watch trains arrive and depart?

A cell phone company sold 492 cell phones to customers in January and 267 cell phones to customers in February. What is the difference between the numbers of cell phones sold these two months?

Jamika waited 56 minutes to board a plane at the airport. Jamika read a magazine for 15 minutes and played tic-tac-toe with her sister for 28 minutes. The rest of the time Jamika watched planes land and take off. How much time did she watch planes land and take off?

Melissa has a collection of 173 miniature dolls. She has 77 of her dolls in a display case and 44 of her dolls on a shelf. The rest of her minature dolls are in a storage trunk. How many dolls are in the storage trunk?

• 217

• 52

• 96

• 129

There are 138 third graders and 157 fourth graders at Clifton ELementary School. Which is the total number of third and fourth graders?

• 281

• 294

• 285

• 295

Butch's Burger Bar had a large guessing jar filled with gumballs. Brenda guessed that it contained 177 gumballs. Juanita guessed that it contained 211 gumballs. The correct number of gumballs was 19 more than the 2 guesses added together. How many gumballs were in the jar?

• 388

• 398

• 407

• 417

The drawing shows the path that Bart takes when he walks from his house to the library. How many blocks will Bart walk if he walks from his house to the library and then back to his house using the same path?

• 12 blocks

• 24 blocks

• 14 blocks

• 28 blocks

The school fair had three kinds of prizes for the Go-Fishing booth. Which number sentence can be used to find how many more balls than pick-up sticks the Go-Fishing booth had for the fair?

• 34 + 56 = 90

• 73 - 56 = 17

• 73 - 34 = 39

• 73 + 34 = 107