Add and Subtract Whole Numbers Word Problems

Mr. Thornton built a cabin with 160 logs, and his friend built a cabin with 76 logs. How many logs did the two of them use?

• 160 logs

• 76 logs

• 189 logs

• 236 logs

Sally grew 3 watermelons. Jason grew 6 watermelons. How many watermelons did they grow in total ?

• 7 watermelons

• 81 watermelons

• 10 watermelons

• 9 watermelons

A restaurant served 6 slices of cake during lunch and 5 during dinner today. How many slices of cake were served today ?

• 11 slices of cake

• 6 slices of cake

• 5 slices of cake

• 12 slices of cake

Tom found 8 seashells and Nancy found 6 seashells on the beach. How many seashells did they find together?

• 14 seashells

• 15 seashells

• 19 seashells

• 10 seashells

The 5th grade Fall Festival booth sold $850 worth of tickets! However, $75 of that amount went towards prizes and must be paid back.  How much money did they actually make? 

• Add

• Multiply

• Divide

• Subtract

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

Diane made 26 brownies for a bake sale and her sister, Cathy, made 19 brownies. Their friend, Teresa, made 67 brownies. How many more brownies did Teresa make than Diane and Cathy combined?

• 112

• 41

• 48

• 22

How many more people attended the museum on Sunday than on Monday and Tuesday combined?

• 1,420 more people

• 152 more people

• 564 more people

• 374 more people

Brian wants to buy a laptop computer. The computer he wants costs $456. If he has saved $124, how much more does he still need to buy the computer?

• $332

• $580

• $330

• $456

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