Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Megan has 27 seashells. How many more seashells does she need to find to have 64 seashells in her collection?

• 37

• 91

• 81

• 47

Brad has 70 balloons. 32 balloons are red and the rest are green. How many green balloons does Brad have?

• 112

• 102

• 38

• 48

There are 38 books on the shelf. Marta put 26 more books on the shelf and her mom put 4 more books on the shelf. How many books are on the shelf now?

• 64

• 12

• 42

• 68

Cindy’s mom baked 41 cookies. Paul’s dad baked 38 cookies. Cindy and Paul ate 6 cookies each and then brought them to school for a party. How many cookies did they bring to school altogether?

• 85

• 73

• 3

• 35

Beth has 74 crayons. She gives 25 of them away to Jen. How many crayons does Beth have left?

• 99

• 49

• 51

• 126

29 birds were sitting in a tree. Some more fly up to the tree. Then there were 100 birds in the tree. How many more flew up to the tree?

• 29

• 100

• 129

• 71

79 birds were sitting in a tree. 21 more birds flew up to the tree. How many birds were there altogether in the tree?

• 100

• 58

• 90

• 68

Alyssa had 42 cookies. Jordan has 68 cookies. How many more cookies does Jordan have than Alyssa?

• 110

• 26

• 100

• 36

The aquarium has a lot of fish tanks. They bought 18 more fish and now the aquarium has 80 fish. How many fish did the aquarium have to begin with?

• 98

• 18

• 91

• 62

A chef made 1,669 hamburgers last week and 347 hamburgers this week. How many more hamburgers did he make last week than this week?