Multi-step Addition & Subtraction Word Problems

Jessica has tomato plants in her backyard. This year the plants grew 127 tomatoes. The birds had eaten 19 of the tomatoes. 27 of the tomatoes had been ruined by bugs. Jessica picked the rest of the tomatoes. How many tomatoes did Jessica pick?

Terry's basketball team scored 24 points in the 1st quarter, 34 points in the 2nd quarter, and 6 points in the 4th quarter. The final score was 82. How many points did the team score in the 3rd quarter?

• 28

• 22

• 18

• 64

Three friends made ornaments for their Christmas tree. Together they made 983 ornaments. Courtney made 321 ornaments, and Corey made 56 ornaments. How many ornaments did Cole make?

• 605

• 606

• 614

• 377

Ms. Pang had a jar with 55 paper clips on her desk. Sophie borrowed 7 paper clips and Terell borrowed 12 paper clips. How many paper clips are left in Ms. Pang's jar?

• 36

• 43

• 44

• 46

Christopher and his brother picked some strawberries. Christopher picked 68 and his brother picked 79. They ate some strawberries on the way home. Then, there were only 117 strawberries remaining. How many strawberries did the brothers eat?

• 147

• 49

• 30

• 38

Ms. Walker brought a box of 24 apples to her office. By noon, 8 of the apples had been eaten. By the end of the day, another 11 apples had been eaten. How many apples were left at the end of the day?

• 5

• 8

• 13

• 16

Ronnie made $472 waiting tables last week. He had to pay his car payment, that was $208 and his water bill, that was $82. After he pays his bills, how much money will he have left?

• $290

• $762

• $182

• $390

Peter wants several different color plates for his birthday. Peter wants to get 132 gold plates, 108 yellow plates, and some amount of black plates. In total, Peter wants 324 plates, so how many black plates should he get?

• 564

• 300

• 84

• 24

Nancy wants 120 cupcakes for her party. Nancy has already made 24 strawberry cupcakes, and 36 chocolate cupcakes. How many more cupcakes does Nancy need to make?

• 60

• 180

• 96

• 84

For Halloween Debby and her sister combined the candy they received. Debby had 32 pieces of candy while her sister had 45. If they ate 24 pieces the first night, how many pieces do they have left?

• 101 pieces

• 50 pieces

• 53 pieces

• 21 pieces