Additions and Subtraction Equation Word Problems

Mrs. Smith had 12 donuts. She bought 25 more. How many does she have now?

• 37
• 63
• 13
• 47

Will had 8 baseballs. Then he got 5 more. How many baseballs does he have now?

• 13
• 3
• 12
• 15

There were 6 boys on the stairs. Then 7 more boys joined them. How many boys are there altogether?

• 13
• 12
• 14
• 1

The temperature was 50 degrees in the afternoon. It was 30 degrees in the evening. How much did the temperature change?

• 20 degrees
• 80 degrees
• 10 degrees
• 40 degrees

Mary had 24 cookies. She made 31 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

• 55
• 53
• 35
• 13

Coco the Clown was making balloon animals at a birthday party.  26 children wanted dog balloon animals and 17 wanted bears.  How many balloon animals did Coco the Clown make at the party?

• 21
• 43
• 45
• 33

Bobby had 24 colored pencils. He lost 6 of them. How many colored pencils does Bobby have left? 

• 12 colored pencils 
• 30 colored pencils
• 18 colored pencils
• 22 colored pencils 

Jace has 15 stuffed animals. Brooks has 19. How many stuffed animals do they have altogether? 

• 14 stuffed animals
• 4 stuffed animals
• 24 stuffed animals
• 34 stuffed animals

Mrs. D has 21 students in her class. Mrs. Hunt has 18 students in her class. How many more students are in Mrs. D's class? 

• 17 students
• 3 students
• 7 students
• 39 students

^{25 + 32 =}

• 48
• 57
• 84
• 12