Addition and Subtraction Word Problem

Vanessa was making 7 salads. She opened a can of olives and put 6 olives on each salad. Then she ate the rest of the olives in the can. If there were 51 olives to start with, how many olives did Vanessa eat? 

• 9

• 64

• 38

• 11

Danielle sorted her marbles into 8 groups. She put 3 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 yellow marbles in each group. How many marbles did she have in all?

• 16

• 18

• 24

• 64

Ms. Weiss cooked some pancakes for herself and 3 family members. She made 28 pancakes to split equally. How many pancakes will each person receive?

• 7

• 4

• 3

• 8

Sarah had $139. She worked and earned some more money. She now has $302 total. How much money did she earn while working?

• $441

• $139

• $163

• $63

Mr. Brizz drinks 8 ounces of coffee everyday. How many ounces of coffee will he drink in a 7 day week?

• 15

• 56

• 48

• 54

In the following word problem, what is the operation needed to solve the first step? Annabel was running in the Fun Run to raise money for her school. Her parents donated $8 per lap. Her grandparents donated $4 per lap. She ran 12 laps. How much money did she raise during the Fun Run?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

Serenity made 6 necklaces. Each necklace had 8 charms on it. She gave away 3 necklaces, how many charms does she have left?

• 24 charms

• 45 charms

• 11 charms

• 17 charms

Mario picked 5 mushrooms and Luigi picked 2 mushrooms each day. If they did that for 5 days how much mushrooms would they have all together?

• 35

• 7

• 12

• 20

Ann is on a running team. She ran 2 miles each day for 5 days. Over the weekend she ran 4 more miles. How many miles did Ann run that week? Pick the equation that shows the correct way to solve the problem.

• 2+5x4=

• 2x5+4=

• 2x5-4=

• 2-5x4=

Naomi bought 2 hats for $9 each and a bracelet for $5. How much did she spend in all? Pick the answer that shows the correct two steps.

• 3 x $4 = $12

  $7 + $9 = 16

• $9 - $5 = $4

  2 x $4 = $8

• 2 x $9 = $18

  $18 + $5 = $23

• $9 - $2 = $7

  7 x $5 = 35