Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

McNamara Elementary School has 352 students and Bonham Elementary School has 329 students.  How many students are there in total?

• 681 students

• 673 students

• 671 students

• 701 students

Altogether is a key word that is used in _________ word problems.

• Addition

• Subtraction

Jace has 150 stuffed animals. Brooks has 190. How many stuffed animals do they have altogether? 

• 140 stuffed animals

• 40 stuffed animals

• 240 stuffed animals

• 340 stuffed animals

Sarah has 2,345 apples. She buys 1,678 more apples. How many apples does she have now?

(a)  

• 3,923

• 4,023

• 4,123

A baker baked 7,890 cookies. He sold 3,456 cookies. How many cookies are left?

(a)  

• 4,434

• 4,424

• 4,334

A farmer harvested 9,876 apples. He sold 5,432 apples. How many apples does he have left?

(a)  

• 4,444

• 4,344

• 4,678

Norah had 125 pennies. She used 35 pennies to buy a tootsie roll at the gas station and gave half of what was left to her sister. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of pennies Norah has now?

• p= 125+ 35 x 2

• p= (125+35) ÷ 2

• p= (125-35) ÷ 2

• p= (125-35) x 2

A school library had 7,654 books. They donated 2,345 books. How many books are left?

(a)  

• 5,309

• 5,209

• 5,308

Jamil drinks 1,466 milliliters of water a day. Miricile drinks 2,895 mililiters more than Jamil. How much water does Miricle drink?

• 4361 milliliters 

• 4351 milliliters 

• 1429 milliliters

• 1329 milliliters 

Mrs. Brown paid a total of $8.17 to mail three packages.

•She paid $2.77 to mail the first package.

•She paid $3 to mail the second package.

How much did Mrs. Brown pay to mail the third package?

• $5.37

• $2.40

• $2.49

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