Addition Word Problems

What addition problem do these base ten blocks represent?

• 35+29

• 28+39

• 29+38

• 38+29

Joey has 5 pencils on his desk, and he has 3 more pencils in his backpack, how many pencils does Joey have all together?

• 8

• 3

• 5

There are 5 girls and 3 boys on the bus. How many kids are there altogether?

• 6

• 5

• 8

• 3

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

3 cats were sitting in the sun. 2 more cats joined them. How many cats are sitting in the sun now?

• 3 cats

• 2 cats

• 5 cats

• 1 cats

There were 6 kids on the bus. More kids got on. Then there were 10 kids on the bus. How many more got on?

• 10

• 4

• 16

• 26

Santa went looking at Christmas lights. He saw 5 houses decorated on the first street and 9 houses on the second street. Then he drove on down the road and saw 13 more houses decorated. How many total houses were decorated for Christmas?

• 58

• 27

• 24

• 14

Mom baked three pies. Dad baked two cakes. How many things did they bake in all?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Mrs. Piccolo collects stamps in albums. She has 890 stamps in her green album and 528 in her red album. What is the sum of Mrs. Piccolo's stamps?

• Add

• Subtract

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?