Addition and Subtraction Halloween Word Problems

1. 1. Mike and his brother went to a pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin. On the left side of the field, there were 364 pumpkins, and on the right side of the field, there were 478 pumpkins. How many pumpkins did they have to choose from total? 

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2. 2. Casper was so excited to go trick-or-treating in his new neighborhood because there were a total of 147 houses in it. He started at 6:00. By 7:30, he had been to 78 houses. How many more houses does Casper need to go to if he is going to visit all of them?

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3. 3. After going trick-or-treating, Rachel, Patty, Diane, and Elizabeth went through their candy together. They decided to count how many pieces of candy each of them received. Rachel had 87 pieces of candy, Patty had 124 pieces of candy, Diane had 106 pieces of candy, and Elizabeth had 135 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy did the have altogether?

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4. 4.

   There was a new haunted house opening in the town of Hauntedville. Everyone that lived there loved spooky houses. The town only had 953 residents. If everyone but 174 of the residents went to the haunted house, how many people visited the haunted house?

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5. 5.

   Jane and her sister, Maggie, were trying to put together a skeleton for the decorations outside of their house. The skeleton has 206 bones to put together, but so far the sisters have only figured out where 51 of the bones go. How many more bones do they have to use to have a complete skeleton?

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6. 6. 6. Mr. Crow was trying to make a witch costume for his daughter. He had been given 18 yards of shiny, black fabric. He had also bought 23 yards of velvet fabric that was dark gray. He lost 4 yards of fabric from mistakes, but used the rest of it. How much fabric did it take to make his daughter’s witch costume?

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