Basic Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Mrs. Cascio has 9,123 sharpened pencils. She breaks 7,654 pencils. How many sharpened pencils does she have left?

• 1,469 pencils

• 1,579 pencils

• 2,531 pencils

• 16,777 pencils

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Avery has $61,279 in the bank. She earns $34,598 the following year and puts it in the bank. How much money does she have in all?

• $95,877

• $95,778

• $26,681

• $95,767

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Lucas has $52,019 in the bank. He withdraws (takes out) $14,368. How much money does he have in the bank now?

• $32,751

• $66,387

• $37,651

• $37,647

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

A new hp computer that Mrs. Freeman likes costs $1,275. A new apple computer costs $1,648. How much more does the apple computer cost? 

• $473

• $433

• $373

• $333

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

The fourth-grade class at Northwest is selling raffle tickets to raise money for charity. The first week the students sold 4,109 tickets. They sold 4,973 tickets the second week and 5,247 tickets the third week.
How many tickets did the fourth-grade students sell in all?

• 143,290 tickets

•  9,082 tickets

•  13,219 tickets

•  14,329 tickets

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Mrs. Smith made 5,842 customer calls in one year. The following year she made 10,362 customer calls. How many more customer calls did she make in the second year than in the first?

• 4,520 calls

• 5,520 calls

•  16,204 calls

• 14,520 calls

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

The Taylor family took a road trip. During the first week, they drove 12,000 miles. The second week they drove 4,876 miles. How many more miles did they drive during the first week than they did the second?

• 7,124 miles

• 4,712 miles

• 1,474 miles

• 2,774 miles

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

In 2015, there were 549,080 people that visited the Jackson Zoo.  In 2014, there were 368,492 people that visited the Zoo.  How many more people visited the zoo in 2015 than in 2014?

• 180,588 people

• 917,572 people

• 229,349 people

• 181,499

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

The zoo has two new baby elephant. The younger baby elephant is a boy. The older baby elephant is a girl. The girl elephant weighs 1,625 lbs. The boy elephant weighs about 2,580 lbs. How much do the two elephants weigh in all?

• 1,105 lbs

• 3,155 lbs 

• 1,385 lbs

• 4,205 lbs

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Mrs. Carr wanted to save $250,000 to buy a new house.  So far, she has saved $159,500.  How much money does she have left to save to buy her new house?

• $91,500

• $90,500

• $100,000

• $92,500

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3