Subtraction and Addition Comparison Word Problems

the answer in an addition problem
3 + 9 = 12

• add

• subtract

• estimate

• sum

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CCSS.2.OA.C.3

A chef made 1,669 hamburgers last week and 347 hamburgers this week. How many more hamburgers did he make last week than this week?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Camilla and Jose were playing a video game. Camilla scored 12,395 points and Jose scored 1,987. How many points did they score in all?

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

There 3,420 students at Brandon Elementary School.  1,911 students are girls.  How many are boys?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Ben had 5 sheets of stickers. Each sheet had 12 stickers on it. Ben gave 23 stickers to his sister. He gave 16 stickers to his brother. Which equation can be used to determine s, how many stickers Ben has left?

• (5x12)-23-16=s

• (12+5)-23-16=s

• (5x12)-23+16=s

• (12x5)+23-16=s

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jonathan buys 4 sheets of 10 stamps each and 2 sheets of 8 stamps each. He uses 25 stamps on envelopes. Which equation can be used to find n, the number of stamps Jonathan has left?

• (4 + 10 x 2 + 8) - 25 = n

• 4(10) + 2(8) - 25 = n

• 4(10) + 2(8) + 25 = n

• 10 + 8 - 25

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CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

18 A family spent $93 at a carnival. • They spent $18 on tickets to the carnival and $36 on food. • They spent the rest of the money on games. Which equation can be used to find g, the amount of money in dollars the family spent on games?

• F 93 = g + 36 − 18

• G 93 = 18 + 36 − g

• H 93 = 36 − 18 − g

• J 93 = g + 36 + 18

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185 + 25) + 40

• p = (185 - 25) - 40

• p = (185 + 25) × 40

• p = (185 - 25) ÷ 40

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Walmart purchased 8,276 bottles of Tide detergent and 6,928 bottles of Gain detergent. After three months, Walmart had sold 4,138 bottles of detergent. About how many bottles of detergent does Walmart have left to sell?

• 16,000 bottles

• 4,000 bottles

• 11,000 bottles

• 6,000 bottles

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5.3.K

Nate brought 96 cupcakes to school to celebrate his birthday. When he got on the school bus, he came home with 14 cupcakes. How many cupcakes were eaten?

• 100

• 110

• 82

• 84

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1