Single Step Word Problems

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Jazelle was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 4 coins and the other had 8. How many coins did she have total?

• 32 coins

• 4 coins

• 0 coins

• 12 coins

Sam and Austin are each collecting magazines for recycling.  Sam collected 489 magazines.  Austin collected 893 magazines.  How many magazines did they collect in all?

• 404 magazines

• 1,382 magazines

• 432,212 magazines

• 1.8 magazines

The bakery has 381 chocolate cupcakes and 346 vanilla cupcakes. How many more chocolate cupcakes are at the bakery?

• 25 cupcakes

• 45 cupcakes

• 35 cupcakes

• 36 cupcakes

Field Kindergarten Center has 138 students. Jordan School has 289 students. Schiller School has 274 students. How many students are in these three buildings altogether? 

• 738 students

• 602 students

• 612 students

• 701 students

During the summer, there are 3,853 people at Carlyle Lake. During the winter, that number drops to 1,295 people. How many more people stay at Carlyle Lake in the summer than in the winter?

• 2,558 people

• 3,559 people

• 2,669 people

• 3,668 people

The City of Centralia needs to raise money to open a new skating rink. It will cost the city $50,000 to build it. So far, they have raised $17,823. How much more money do they still need to raise? 

• $43,288

• $21,066

• $32,177

• $42,177

Ms. Henley runs 3,860 meters and Mrs. O'Neill runs 5,470 meters. How far do they run altogether? 

• 1610 meters

• 2410 meters

• 9380 meters 

• 9330 meters 

A total of 3,718 tickets were sold for a skating show. Of that total, 1,279 were adult tickets. The remaining tickets were child tickets. How many child tickets were sold?

• 2,439

• 2,561

• 3,439

• 4,997

Mrs. D has 210 students in her class. Mrs. Hunt has 180 students in her class. How many more students are in Mrs. D's class? 

• 170 students

• 30 students

• 70 students

• 390 students

Natalie picked thirteen flowers for her friend’s wedding. She was making bouquets with four flowers in each one. If five of the flowers wilted before the wedding, how many bouquets could she still make?

• 9 bouquets

• 5 bouquets

• 2 bouquets

• 3 bouquets