Adding and Subtraction Word Problems

William has 6 cookies. Eva has 3 cookies. How many more cookies does William have?

• 10

• 9

• 3

• 7

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Bella has 10 crayons. Sally has 5 crayons. How many more crayons does Bella have than Sally?

• 10

• 15

• 5

• 1

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The girl had 5 pets.  The 3 dogs were outside.  How many cats did she have?  What number sentence tells the story?

• 5-3=2

• 3-2=1

• 5+3=8

• 3 = 5+2

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10 bats flew in the cave.  4 flew out.  How many were still in the cave?  

• 10+ 4 = 14

• 10 - 4 = 6

• 10 - 6 = 4

• 4 = 10 + 6

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If Payton has 24 pencils and gives Nathalie 17 of her pencils how many pencils does Payton have left?

• 14

• 7

• 9

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If Sarah has 9 cups of icing and gives her neighbor 4 cups of icing how many cups of icing does Sarah have left.

• 5

• 3

• 2

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Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

• 6

• 7

• 23

• 8

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Ella had 15 ribbons. she gave 7 of them to Grant. How many ribbons does Ella have left?

• 5

• 15

• 8

• 22

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Payton had 16 markers. She gave 5 of them to Juan. How many markers does Payton have left?

• 11

• 398

• 21

• 1

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There were 10 squirrels in a tree. Then, 2 squirrels climbed down.

How many squirrels are in the tree now?

• 11

• 10

• 12

• 8

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