One Step Word Problems Addition and Subtraction

Mario picked 5 mushrooms and Luigi picked 2 mushrooms each day. If they did that for 5 days how much mushrooms would they have all together?

• 35

• 7

• 12

• 20

Ann is on a running team. She ran 2 miles each day for 5 days. Over the weekend she ran 4 more miles. How many miles did Ann run that week? Pick the equation that shows the correct way to solve the problem.

• 2+5x4=

• 2x5+4=

• 2x5-4=

• 2-5x4=

There were 6 students sitting on each of the 4 benches on the playground. Then 3 students left. How many students were left on the benches?

The coach bought 9 packs of award ribbons. There are 4 red and 3 blue ribbons in each pack. How many total ribbons did the coach buy?

Mallory built a house with 268 Lego bricks. She added more bricks on to make her house bigger. Now her Lego house has 645 bricks. Which equation would you use to find how many bricks she added to her house?

• 268 + 645

• 645 - 268

• 268 - 645

• 645 + 268

The total mass of the contents of Derek’s backpack was 678 grams. Each book has a mass of 162 grams. Derek removed 2 textbooks from his backpack. What is the mass of the contents of the backpack now? What operation do we use to solve?

• add

• subtract

• divide

• subtract then add

Nova had some dog treats. She ate 45 treats on Monday and 18 treats on Tuesday. How many treats did she have?

What kind of math will you use to solve this problem?

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Benny had twenty two peaches left at his roadside fruit stand. He went to the orchard and picked more peaches to stock up the stand. There are now sixty five peaches at the stand, how many did he pick?

• 43

• 44

• 87

• 53

Sam bought 43 apples and some oranges. He bought 65 pieces of fruit in all. How many oranges did he buy?

• 22

• 108

• 5

• 27

A library has 738 books. If 89 books are checked out, how many books are left in the library?

• 649

• 827

• 729

• 647