One-Step Word Problems Addition and Subtraction

There were 12 cupcakes. 12 more cupcakes were made. How many cupcakes are there altogether?

• 12

• 144

• 24

Ally had 20 jellybeans. She gave away 15 of them. How many does she have left now?

• 20

• 15

• 5

Marcellous had 48 pieces of candy. He gave 19 pieces to Andrew. How many pieces of candy did Marcellous have left?

Mrs. Verdes has 13 red dresses in her closet. She has 19 blue

dresses in her closet. How many dresses does Mrs. Verdes have in

her closet?

Aydi is collecting Box Tops for her class. She collected 40

Box Tops in November. She collected 57 Box Tops in

December. How many Box

Tops did Aydi collect?

Ms. Taylor has 645 rings and 324 bracelets. How many

more rings than bracelets does Ms. Taylor have?

Imari has 21 children in his class this year. Last year he had 12 more children in his class. How many children were in Imari's class last year?

Elijah had 48 Pokémon cards. He gave 36 Pokémon cards to his

friends. How many Pokémon cards did Elijah have left?

Mrs. Verdes has 74 pairs of nike dunks and Ms. Robinson has 59 pair of nike dunks. How many

more nike dunks does Mrs. Verdes have than Ms. Robinson?

Koren has 41 children enrolled in her daycare. Last year she had 33 more children in her daycare. How many children were in Koren's daycare last year?