Addition Word Problems

A fifth grader has 75 Pokemon cards. He lets his friend borrow 8 cards. Then he lets his other friend borrow 4 cards. How many cards does the fifth grader have after he lets his friends borrow some cards?

• 52 cards

• 71 cards 

• 67 cards

• 63 cards 

Mario picked 5 mushrooms and Luigi picked 2 mushrooms each day. If they did that for 5 days how much mushrooms would they have all together?

• 35

• 7

• 12

• 20

Naomi bought 2 hats for $9 each and a bracelet for $5. How much did she spend in all? Pick the answer that shows the correct two steps.

• 3 x $4 = $12

  $7 + $9 = 16

• $9 - $5 = $4

  2 x $4 = $8

• 2 x $9 = $18

  $18 + $5 = $23

• $9 - $2 = $7

  7 x $5 = 35

There were 6 students sitting on each of the 4 benches on the playground. Then 3 students left. How many students were left on the benches?

The coach bought 9 packs of award ribbons. There are 4 red and 3 blue ribbons in each pack. How many total ribbons did the coach buy?

We had 3 people in person in class today, then 2 more students came and joined our class. Each student in class got 5 stickers. How many stickers did Mrs. Morehouse give out?

Allison is in charge of getting oranges for the soccer game today. She buys 2 bags with 6 oranges in each bag. She also buys 4 loose oranges. Which expression can be used to find the number of oranges Allison buys in all?

• 2 x 4 - 6

• 2 x 6 + 4

• 2 x 6 x 4

• 2 x 6 - 4

Ann is on a running team. She ran 2 miles each day for 5 days. Over the weekend she ran 4 more miles. How many miles did Ann run that week? Pick the equation that shows the correct way to solve the problem.

• 2+5x4=

• 2x5+4=

• 2x5-4=

• 2-5x4=

What addition problem do these base ten blocks represent?

• 35+29

• 28+39

• 29+38

• 38+29

the answer in an addition problem
3 + 9 = 12

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• estimate

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