Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Last year the city of Tyler, Texas had a population of 100,223 people. This year there are 97,483 people who live in Tyler. How many more people lived in Tyler, Texas last year than this year?

• 197,706

• 197,460

• 2,740

• 2,750

A grocery store is selling apple pies. They sold 45,234 pies on Monday, 23,498 pies on Tuesday and on Wednesday they sold 345 more pies than Monday.  How many pies did they sell on all three days?

• 69,077 pies
• 45,579 pies
• 114,311 pies
• 104,236 pies

The town of Saison has a population of 30,155 during the spring, a population of 13,876 during the summer, and a population of 22,654 during the winter. How many more people spend time in Saison during the spring and summer combined than during the winter?

• 8,778

• 44,031

• 7,501

• 21,377

Mrs. Gutierrez made 5,842 customer calls in one year. The following year she made 10,362 customer calls. How many more customer calls did she make in the second year than in the first?

• 4,520 calls
• 5,520 calls
•  16,204 calls
• 14,520 calls

The total population of Lancashire County is 80,000. All the people in this county live in either Beachport, Newcastle or Grafton City. If the population of Beachport is 42,736 and the population of Newcastle is 23,985, what is the population of Grafton County?

• 66,721
• 56,015
• 37,264
• 13,279

The number of people who took I-45 to Houston in one day was 31,426. The number of people who took the bus was 8,317. How many more people took the highway? 

• 39,743
• 33,109
• 23,119
• 23,109