Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

There 3,420 students at Brandon Elementary School.  1,911 students are girls.  How many are boys?

• 5,331

• 1,609

• 1,509

• 1,599

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

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

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

Ben had 5 sheets of stickers. Each sheet had 12 stickers on it. Ben gave 23 stickers to his sister. He gave 16 stickers to his brother. Which equation can be used to determine s, how many stickers Ben has left?

• (5x12)-23-16=s

• (12+5)-23-16=s

• (5x12)-23+16=s

• (12x5)+23-16=s

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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Aaron had 572 baseball cards. He sold some of the baseball cards and then had 98 baseball cards left.

Which equation can be used to find the number of baseball cards Aaron sold?

Select THREE correct answers.

• 572 - __=98

• 572 - 98 = __

• 98 + __ = 572

• 98 + 572 = __

• 572 + 98 = __

Nate brought 96 cupcakes to school to celebrate his birthday. When he got on the school bus, he came home with 14 cupcakes. How many cupcakes were eaten?

• 100

• 110

• 82

• 84

Addition or Subtraction?

• Addition

• Subtraction

Addition or Subtraction?

• Addition

• Subtraction