Large Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Mr. Carlisle is going to take an airplane trip to Minnesota. The total trip is going to be 2,227.48 miles long. He has to make a stop in Iowa after travelling 1,149.25 miles. How many more miles will his trip be, assuming that the trip was along a straight path?

• 1,078.23 miles left

• 1,088.25 miles left

• 1,110 miles left

• It's cold in Minnesota

Billy has 28 Red marbles, 29 Blue marbles, 86 green marbles, and 19 purple marbles. If his friend Alex has 14 red marbles, 19 Blue marbles, and 27 purple marbles, how many total marbles do the boys have together?

• 228 marbles

• 222 marbles

• 328 marbles

• Lots of colored marbles

Kayla has $93 to spend on a Halloween costume. She bought a hat, some makeup, her costume, a cape and some props for $58 at WalMart. How much money does she have left over?

• 151

• 25

• 35

• Kayla, let me borrow $5 I'll pay you back on Wednesday.

Alin went Trick-or-Treating and received 526 Starbursts for Halloween. She gave 328 Starbursts to Jada. How many Starbursts does she have left over?

• 854

• Alin, may I have some Starbursts? I'll trade you these box of raisins.

• 108

• 198

At a fall festival, Andrea made $525 painting people’s faces. At the same festival, Linda made $498 selling caramel apples. How much money did they make combined?

• Andrea, let me get Iron Man painted on my face.

• $1013

• $1032

• $1023

In October, Mr. Adams raked up 538 pounds of leaves from his yard. In November, Mr. Adams raked up 366 pounds of leaves from his yard. How many pound of leaves did Mr. Adams rake in total?

• 907

• 894

• 904

• Mr. Adams has way too many leaves in his yard.

Jeffery has a job at the pumpkin patch. He has 1,322 pumpkins and sold 527 to Derek's football team. How many pumpkins does Jeffery have left to sell?

• 759

• 975

• 795

• Derek, what are you guys doing with all those pumpkins?

Benjamin sells popcorn at two different fall festival. He made $23,550 at a festival near Panthers Stadium. He made another $25,387 at another festival near Hidden Valley. How much money has he made so far selling popcorn?

• $48,837

• $48,937

• $46,937

• Benjamin is making some SERIOUS bank!!!

Deju and Iziah own a Halloween costume store. They made $99,854 in one week, but they must use $15,749 to pay their employees plus their other business expenses. How much profit do they get to keep?

• $85,105

• $115,603

• $84,105

• Deju, Iziah... are you guys hiring?

Raleigh has 12,356 fewer people than Charlotte. If Raleigh has 56,847 people, how many people does Charlotte have?

• 44,481 People

• 44,941 People

• 44,491 People

• 44,491 People