Multi Word Step Problems Add Subtract

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

• $68 total

• $10 more

• $39 more

• $39 total

In third grade there were 10 students at the start of the year. During the year 4 students left and 42 new students came to school. How many students were in fourth grade at the end?

• Subtract 10 from 42 and add 4

• Subtract 4 from 10 and then add 42

• Add 4 and 42 and then subtract 10

• Add 10 and 42 and then subtract 4

Tara had 245 more stickers than Madyson. Madyson had 320 stickers. How many stickers do they have in all?

• 335

• 775

• 885

• 658

A worksheet had 7 problems on it. If a teacher had 17 worksheets to grade and had already graded 8 of them, how many more problems does she have to grade?

• 72

• 54

• 63

• 32

Elisabeth the june bug ate 17 meals today. Yesterday she ate 9 times more than today. How many more meals did she eat yesterday than today?

• 136 meals

• 153 meals

• 8 meals

• 144 meals

Ms. Perales has 5 bags of popsicles. Each bag has 9 popsicles. After giving some popsicles away, she has 30 popsicles left. The first thing I need to do is (a)   Then I will ​ (b)  

• find the total number of popsicles.

• subtract 30 from the total.

• add 5 and 9.

• add 30 more.

For Halloween Debby and her sister combined the candy they received. Debby had 32 pieces of candy while her sister had 45. If they ate 24 pieces the first night, how many pieces do they have left?

• 101 pieces

• 50 pieces

• 53 pieces

• 21 pieces

Wendy was playing a video game and had 43 lives. In a hard part of the game, she lost 8 lives. If she got 39 more lives in the next level, how many
lives would she have?

Peggy’s parents spent $73 at the shoe store. Peggy’s shoes and her sister’s shoes each cost $24. The rest of the money was spent on her brother’s shoes. How much did her brother’s shoes cost?

• $25

• $48

• $49

A book store had 41 books in the bargain bin. If they sold 33 books, but then put 2 more in the bin, how many books would be in the bin?

• Add 41 and 33 and subtract 2

• Subtract 33 from 41 and add 2

• Add 2 to 22 and subtract from 41

• Subtract 33 from 21 and then subtract 2