Solve Addition and Subtraction One-Step and Two-Step Word Problems

Ronell has 134 pencils. Will has 88 pencils. Dante has 74 pencils. About how many pencils do they have altogether to the nearest ten pencils?

• 900

• 321

• 200

• 270

Jada and Jose were making cakes. Jada made ______ cakes and Jose made ______ cakes. How many cakes did they make? Which operation will you use to solve this?

• multiplication

• subtraction

• addition

• none of the above

Maddie has _______ colored pencils. She gives ________ to her friend. How many colored pencils does she have now? Which operation will you use to solve this?

• none of these

• multiplication

• addition

• subtraction

There were ________ boxes of pencils at the beginning of the year. We used _________ boxes. How many boxes of pencils were left? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

• subtraction

• multiplication

• addition

• none of these

KGES had _______ teachers last year. This year ________ more teachers joined our staff. How many are there now? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

• none of these

• subtraction

• multiplication

• addition

Jake is _______ inches tall. His brother is ________ inches tall. How many more inches tall is Jake than his brother? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

• none of these

• subtraction

• addition

• multiplication

Tony has _________ feet of rope. Amanda has _______ feet of rope. If they tie them together, about how many feet of rope will they have? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

• multiplication

• addition

• subtraction

• none of these

Ms. Darling's tree is ______ meters tall. Mrs. Hampton's tree is ______meters tall. How much shorter is Mrs. Hampton's tree? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

• subtraction

• addition

• none of these

• multiplication

The red team had ______ players. The blue team had _______ players. How many players are there altogether? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

• subtraction

• none of these

• multiplication

• addition

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