Addition and Subtraction Two Word Problems

Nicole wants to build 50 sandcastles. She builds 28 in the morning. A large wave washes away two of the sandcastles. How many more does she need to build to reach her goal?

Stacy finds 24 shells at the beach. Mark finds 32 shells. Beth finds 28 shells. How many shells did the 3 friends find?

Ryan has 44 pink lollipops, 19 striped lollipops and 32 lollipops with polka dots. What is the total number of lollipops?

Lydia saw 76 kites being flown at the park. A strong wind blew 19 kites into the pond. Another strong wind blew 27 kites away. How many kites are still being flown?

A total of 93 fans attended the pre-game signing of the grand

final between the NSW Swifts and the Queensland Firebirds.

A further 59 fans arrived five minutes later. How many fans

attended the signing altogether?

• 244 supporters

• 142 supporters

• 152 supporters

• 154 supporters

Chelsea Lemke needed to buy lunch for her team mates, the

Queensland Firebirds. She went to order sushi. She ordered

1 chicken and rice, 4 California rolls, 3 tuna and rice and 1

tempura vegetables. If everything item was on special for 90c,

how much did Chelsea spend?

• $8.10

• $9.10

• $8.80

• $9.00

A total of 8567 fans watched the first game

of the Championship between the Central Pulse

and the Southern Steel. The next time they

played there were 9489 fans watching. How

many more fans were there in

the second game?

• 946 more fans

• 948 more fans

• 856 more fans

• 922 more fans

A total of 12721 fans watched the first game

of the Championship between the Melbourne

Vixens and the West Coast Fever. The next time

they played, there were 9792

fans watching. How many

more fans were at the first game?

• 4029 fans

• 2029 fans

• 2929 fans

• 4929 fans

Between them, Laura Geitz and Madeleine

Proud run a total of 2345 kilometres each year.

If Laura runs 1785 kilometres, how far

does Madeleine run?

• 600 kilometres

• 560 kilometres

• 530 kilometres

• 650 kilometres

Tessa found 239 shells at the beach. Michael found 152 shells. How many shells did the two children find?