Identifying Addition and Subtraction in Word Problems

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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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Varsha had some pencils. she gave 6 of them to AJ. Now Varsha has 11 pencils. How many pencils did Varsha have at first?

• 99

• 5

• 17

• 11

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

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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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Jose got $15 from his grandma for his birthday. If he wants to save $5, how money money does he have left to spend?

• $9

• $10

• $20

• $50

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

The local school is collecting money to help pay for new recess equipment. The school wants to collect $2,000. If the school collects $1,455, then how much more money do they need to collect?

• $545

• $645

• $445

• $535

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Ms. Basinger buys a duck and a chicken. The duck weighs 2,300 grams. The chicken weighs 1,675 grams. How much heavier is the duck than the chicken? 

• 1375 grams

• 575 grams

• 625 grams

• 635 grams

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Ms. Henley runs 3,860 meters and Mrs. O'Neill runs 5,470 meters. How far do they run altogether? 

• 1610 meters

• 2410 meters

• 9380 meters 

• 9330 meters 

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Jamil drinks 1,466 milliliters of water a day. Miricile drinks 2,895 mililiters more than Jamil. How much water does Miricle drink?

• 4361 milliliters 

• 4351 milliliters 

• 1429 milliliters

• 1329 milliliters 

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

A total of 3,718 tickets were sold for a skating show. Of that total, 1,279 were adult tickets. The remaining tickets were child tickets. How many child tickets were sold?

• 2,439

• 2,561

• 3,439

• 4,997

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

A stationary store had 5,300 greeting cards. If they sold 3,710 cards, how many cards are left?

• 2,410

• 9,010

• 1,690

• 1,590

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3