Adding Subtracting Whole Numbers Multi-Step Problems

On Saturday, 33,466 people attended San Antonio festival. On Sunday, 27,599 people attended the festival. What was the total weekend attendance at the festival?

• 61,966

• 61,065

• 60,955

• 60,056

Patty has 4,817 marbles. She gave away 2,529 of her marbles. How many marbles does she have left?

• 1,446 marbles

• 2,288 marbles

• 2,312 marbles

• 2,298 marbles

Mary and Diana collect pencils. Mary has 35 pencils in her collection. Diana has 20 more pencils in her collection than Mary. What is the total number of pencils between the two girls?

• 55

• 90

• 89

• 80

Ms. Basinger buys a duck and a chicken. The duck weighs 2,300 grams. The chicken weighs 1,675 grams. How much heavier is the duck than the chicken? 

• 1375 grams

• 575 grams

• 625 grams

• 635 grams

At a busy ant colony, there are 709,908 ants inside the ant hill and 59,953 exploring outside. How many ants total are there?

• 769,861 ants

• 823,452 ants

• 932,923 ants

• 629,231 ants

In 1983, Smith's Popcorn employed 436 people. Twenty years later, in 2003, the company employed 594 people. What is an estimate for the difference between the number of employees in 1983 and 2003?

• A. about 1,200 employees

• B. about 400 employees

• C. about 200 employees

• D. about 1,030 employees

Herman bought a sweater for $28 and a shirt for $13. Which is a way to find out how much change he would get from $50?

• A. Subtract the difference of 28 and 13 from 50.

  50 - (28-13)

• B. Add 13 to the difference of 50 and 28.

  13+ (50-28)

• C. Subtract the sum of 28 and 13 from 50.

  50- (28 + 13)

• D. Add 50 to the difference of 28.25 and 13.99.

Colleen bought 4 sweaters for $23 each. How much change did she get from two $50 bills?

• $10

• $8

• $6

• $12

Mr. Ruiz drove 7,809 miles on business trips in one year and 8,097 miles the following year. How many more miles did he drive on business trips in the second year than in the first year?

• 177

• 288

• 817

• 887

For the first football game of the season, 62,732 fans attended. The number of fans at the second game was 469 more than at the first game. What is the TOTAL number of fans that attended the first two games?

• 124,623

• 124,933

• 125,933

• 125,923