STAAR Addition Word Problems

There are 5 girls and 3 boys on the bus. How many kids are there altogether?

• 6

• 5

• 8

• 3

Dad has one hat. Mom has five hats. How many hats do they have altogether?

• 1

• 6

• 4

• 5

Sam has 1 red pen and 2 blue pens. How many pens does she have in all?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

If there are 12 bags of Skittles and you buy 9 more, how many bags are there now?

• 21
• 33
• 12
• 11

Johnny has 9 yellow apples and 6 green apples. How many apples does he have in all?

• 12
• 3
• 11
• 15

Hint on the Picture.

Sammy has 10 apples his buys 5 more apples on the store. How many apples does Sammy has now? by using the hint on the picture which equation matches of Sammy total apples.

• 10-5=5

• 20-5=10

• 10+5=20

• 10+10=20

John has 4 pair of shoes, he buys on the store 3 more pair of shoes, which statement does the follow on the equation?

• 4+3=7

• 4-3=7

Carol has 0 Orange juice he told his parent that he want 2 oranges juice. Which statement make the correct equation and also the correct answer?

• 0+2=2

• 2+0=2

• 2-0=2

There are 2 big dogs and 4 small dogs. How many dogs are there?
Which is the addition sentence you would use to solve this problem?

• 2+4=6
• 4+3=7
• 2+5=7
• 0+4=4

The boy has 4 bats. The girl has 9 bats. How many bats do they have in all? 

• 13
• 6
• 12
• 14