Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Mrs. Smith has 645 rings and 324 bracelets. How many more rings than bracelets does Mrs. Smith have?

• 321

• 969

• 311

Ken had 53 pieces of candy. He gave 28 of them away. How many pieces of candy does Ken have left?

• 15

• 25

• 28

Tom has 47 quarters. His dad gave him 14 more. How many quarters does Tom have in all?

• 61

• 51

• 33

Tina read 433 pages of her book. If there are 873 total pages, how many more pages does she have left to read?

• 230

• 400

• 440

Michelle had 377 candles. She used 240 of them. How many candles does she have left?

• 137

• 117

• 501

John saw 230 ants while on a picnic. He dropped a cookie and then 119 more ants came out. How many ants did John see altogether?

• 345

• 349

• 394

Ming has a book with 351 pages. She has read 214 pages so far. How many pages are left to read?

• 143

• 565

• 137

An office supply store has a box of 575 pencils and a box of

365 pens. How many pens and pencils are there altogether?

• 110

• 830

• 940

At the bake sale there were 308 cookies. They sold 179

cookies. How many cookies do they still need to sell?

• 129

• 229

• 271

The cafeteria sold 74 sandwiches to 2nd grade, 63 to 3rd grade, and 55 to 4th grade. How many total sandwiches did the cafeteria sell?

• 182

• 192

• 183