Addition and Subtraction Word Problem

There are 24 students in my class. 15 of them are boys. How many girls are in my class?

• 10 girls

• 7 girls

• 9 girls

• 9

Violet sold tickets to a school play. She sold 159 tickets last week and 227 tickets this week. What is the total number of tickets Violet sold?

• 376

• 386

• 396

• 406

Jon has 38 marbles. Kim has 72 marbles. Juan 43 marbles. How many marbles do they have altogether?

• 178

• 153

• 167

• 387

Ms. Kopecky has 225 lifesavers. She gave away 78 of them. How many lifesavers does she have left?

• 193

• 157

• 303

• 147

There are 17 students in class. 12 of them earn candy. How many are left without candy?

The 2nd grade class finds 8 spiders at recess. Mr. Stevenson squishes 2. How many are still alive?

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

Solve the following addition word problem: Sarah had 8 apples, and she bought 5 more. How many apples does she have now?

• 13

• 15

• 7

• 10

Marcy had $84 in the bank. She took $39 out of her account. How much does she have in her account now?

• $50

• $45

• $123

• $51