Additions and Subtraction Equation Word Problems

What addition problem do these base ten blocks represent?

• 35+29

• 28+39

• 29+38

• 38+29

Mrs. Smith had 12 donuts. She bought 25 more. How many does she have now?

• 37

• 63

• 13

• 47

Will had 8 baseballs. Then he got 5 more. How many baseballs does he have now?

• 13

• 3

• 12

• 15

Sara has 7 apples. She buys 5 more apples. How many apples does Sara have now?

• 11

• 12

• 13

Carson baked 6 pies. Liam baked pies too. They had 15 pies all together. How many pies did Liam bake?

• 6+9=15

• 6+10=15

• 9+2=11

• 15

Which story problem matches the picture?

• Adam ate 6 cookies in the morning and 2 cookies in the afternoon. How many cookies did he eat in all?

• Bob has 4 blue buttons and 6 white buttons. How many buttons does he have in all?

• Tyler had 6 cards and he gave away 5 to his brother. How many cards does Tyler have left?

• Sam had 6 jellybeans and he gave 2 to his sister. How many jellybeans did Sam have left?

There were 6 boys on the stairs. Then 7 more boys joined them. How many boys are there altogether?

• 13

• 12

• 14

• 1

Mary had 24 cookies. She made 31 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

• 55

• 53

• 35

• 13

Coco the Clown was making balloon animals at a birthday party.  26 children wanted dog balloon animals and 17 wanted bears.  How many balloon animals did Coco the Clown make at the party?

• 21

• 43

• 45

• 33

Bobby had 24 colored pencils. He lost 6 of them. How many colored pencils does Bobby have left?

• 12 colored pencils

• 30 colored pencils

• 18 colored pencils

• 22 colored pencils