Multi-Step Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Sam has 31 cupcakes. He gave 7 cupcakes to his friend. How many cupcakes does he have left?

• 24

• 36

• 26

• 38

Tate has 44 pieces of bubble gum. Corey has 28 pieces of bubble gum. How many pieces do they have altogether?

• 15

• 16

• 72

• 25

Kate had 9 dolls. Her mom gave her 14 more for her birthday. How many dolls does Kate have now?

• 15

• 5

• 23

• 6

The store had 150 baseballs. At the end of the month, there were 80 baseballs left. How many baseballs did the store sell?

• 70

• 230

• 130

• 30

Jack saw 65 goldfish. 45 fish had stripes. How many fish did not have stripes?

• 20

• 110

• 45

• 100

Sam had some ducks in his pond. 10 of them flew away. He still has 20 left. How many ducks did Sam start with?

• 10

• 30

• 8

• 24

Gary scored 11 points in the game. His brother scored 36 points. How many more points did his brother score?

• 20

• 45

• 25

• 47

Jett has 25 comic books and Ethan has 19 comic books. How many more does Jett have?

• 1

• 14

• 44

• 6

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