Addition and Subtraction of Word Problems

Look at the pictorial model, which equation does the model represent?

• 345 -123

• 248 +132

• 138 -132

• 248 -132

Mrs. Smith’s class planted seeds each day during a week at summer camp. How many seeds did they plant on Monday and Friday?

• 556

• 658

• 560

• 670

Lindsey bought a sweater for $28 and a pair of jeans for $51. What is the best estimate for how much money Lori spent in dollars?

• $70

• $80

• $60

• $74

Jordan read 485 pages last month and 391 pages this month. How many pages did Jordan read altogether?

• 866 pages

• 876 pages

• 886 pages

• 877 pages

The school book fair sold 461 books during the first week. They sold 307 books during the second week of the book fair. How many more books were sold during the first week than the second week?

• 154

• 163

• 768

• 166

Max is 183 cm tall. Ruby is 169 cm tall. How much taller is Max than Ruby?

• 12 cm

• 16cm

• 14 cm

• 18cm

The bakery has 381 chocolate cupcakes and 346 vanilla cupcakes. How many more chocolate cupcakes are at the bakery?

• 25 cupcakes

• 45 cupcakes

• 35 cupcakes

• 36 cupcakes

Maggie practiced her flute for 100 minutes. Julia practiced her flute for 85 minutes. How much longer did Maggie practice?

• 12 minutes

• 14 minutes

• 17 minutes

• 15 minutes

The store has 150 baseballs. At the end of the month, there were 81 baseballs left. How many baseballs did the store sell?

• 69 baseballs

• 59 baseballs

• 70 baseballs

• 68 baseballs

There are 112 ducks at the pond. 78 ducks flew away. How many ducks are still at the pond?

• 44 ducks

• 34 ducks

• 54 ducks

• 64 ducks