Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

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

• 112

• 102

• 38

• 48

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

In September, Lawrence Elementary School collected 32,537 cans for a fundraiser. In October, they collected 207,492 cans. How many cans were collected during September and October?

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?

Camilla and Jose were playing a video game. Camilla scored 12,395 points and Jose scored 1,987. How many points did they score in all?