Multi-Step Addition Subtraction Word Problems

Jess wants several different color plates for her birthday. Jess wants to get 108 orange plates, 144 black plates, and some amount of yellow plates. In total, Jess wants 384 plates, so how many yellow plates should she get?

• 636

• 132

• 352

• 142

Peter wants 168 cupcakes for his party. Peter has already made 36 cocoa cupcakes, and 60 fudge cupcakes. How many more cupcakes does Peter need to make?

• 72

• 108

• 192

• 96

The coffee shop sold 213 cups of coffees on Friday, and 177 cups of coffee on Saturday. The coffee shop wants to sell a total of 575 cups by the end of the weekend. How many cups will they need to see on Sunday?

• 390

• 185

• 965

• 611

My daughter Bonnie had 213 wooden blocks. We gave 77 blocks to a friend. We just ordered 132 new blocks. How many blocks does Bonnie have now?

• 158

• 422

• 268

• 9

Lory has 56 marbles. She gets 15 marbles for her birthday. Lory then gives 22 marbles away. How many marbles does Lory have left?

• 34

• 49

• 63

• 71

For Halloween Debby and her sister combined the candy they received. Debby had 32 pieces of candy while her sister had 45. If they ate 24 pieces the first night, how many pieces do they have left?

• 101 pieces

• 50 pieces

• 53 pieces

• 21 pieces

We are driving to Arizona on our family vacation. It is 934 miles away. On day one we drive 128 miles, and on day 2 we drive 217 miles. How many miles do we have left to drive?

• 562 miles

• 589 miles

A store had 40 oranges in a bin. If they threw away 25 of the old ones and put 21 new ones in the bin how many would be in the bin?

• 65

• 46

• 61

• 36

Nate had 300 cookies for class. He dropped 145 on his way to school. His mom brought him 123 more cookies. How many cookies does Nate have now?

• 350

• 278

• 155

• 423

Jarrod delivered 63 newspapers each day for 5 days. He delivered 78 newspapers on Saturday and 93 newspapers on Sunday. How many newspapers did Jarrod deliver that week?

• 315 newspapers

• 239 newspapers

• 486 newspapers

• 234 newspapers