Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Jana played a game with a deck of cards. she placed the cards on the floor in 3 rows of 10. If the deck has 52 cards, how many cards did Jana leave out? 

• 52
• 12
• 30
• 22

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ashley had 29 magnets. After giving some away, she had 21 left. How many did she give away?

Answer explanation

8 magnets

The pencil machine had 39 pencils in it. The Miss Jane added 50 pencils to the machine. Then students bought 10 pencils. How many pencils are in the machine now?

• 70 pencils

• 89 pencils

• 79 pencils

• 120 pencils

The school bus can seat 64 students.

22 students got on the bus. Then 23 more

students got on the bus. How many empty seats are on the bus?

• 19 students

• 21 students

• 11 students

• 109 students

Ava has 76 pencils in her desk. 15 pencils fall out in the morning. 42 more pencils fall out in the afternoon. How many pencils are still in Ava's desk?

Trevor is looking for his Legos. He finds 33 Legos under his bed. There are 46 more Legos in his backpack and 19 Legos in his closet. How many Legos did he find?

Allison is reading a book with 99 pages.  She read 37 pages on Monday.  Then she read 42 pages on Tuesday.  How many pages does she still have to read?

• 178
• 79
• 20
• 62

Mom sliced a cucumber into 24 slices. She put 5 slices in Jared’s lunch, 6 slices in Kacee’s lunch, and she snacked on 7 slices. How many slices will she have left for tomorrow’s lunches?

• 6
• 7
• 10
• 11

Emma had 85 pencils. She gave 36 pencils to her brother and she gave 25 to her sister. How many pencils does Emma have left?

• 25

• 24

• 96

• 34

Lucy has 40 beads. She buys 20 more beads and then gives 15 beads to her friend. How many beads does Lucy have left?

• 45

• 55

• 65

• 75