Add and Sub Word Problems

A mail sorting machine can sort 774 pieces of mail an hour. If it ran for 77 hours, how many pieces of mail would it have sorted?

A magazine had 1,472 subscriptions. If they lost 360 subscribers in January and 293 more in March. How many subscribers did they have left?

There were fifty-nine people in line at lunch when sixteen more got in line. How many people were there total in line?

A farmer has 762 rows of corn. If he can get 84 ears of corn from each row, how many ears of corn would he have total?

A baker made 120 cupcakes for a party. If he packs them equally into 10 boxes, how many cupcakes will be in each box? After packing, he decides to bake 15 more cupcakes. How many cupcakes does he have now?

• 135

• 125

• 130

• 120

A bakery sold 125.5 loaves of bread on Monday and 132.75 loaves on Tuesday. If each loaf costs $2.50, how much total revenue did the bakery earn from the loaves sold on these two days?

• $646.25

• $324.50

• $647.50

• $645.00

Answer explanation

Total revenue = (125.5 + 132.75) * $2.50 = $646.25. Therefore, the correct total revenue earned by the bakery is $646.25.

A factory produces 450 toys in a day. If it increases its production by 50 toys each day, how many toys will it produce on the third day?

• 550

• 500

• 600

• 450

Mike read a book for 2.5 hours on Saturday and 3.75 hours on Sunday. If he reads an additional 1.25 hours on Monday, how many hours in total will he have read?

• 6.0 hours

• 7.5 hours

• 5.5 hours

• 8.0 hours

Answer explanation

To find the total hours Mike read, add 2.5 hours on Saturday, 3.75 hours on Sunday, and 1.25 hours on Monday: 2.5 + 3.75 + 1.25 = 7.5 hours.

A gardener plants 12 rows of flowers. Each row has 8 flowers. After a week, 24 flowers died. How many flowers are still alive?

• 72

• 96

• 84

• 90

In NYC each mail truck has 270 pieces of junk mail. If there are 99 trucks, how much junk mail do they have total?