One Step Word Problems

There were 12 cupcakes. 12 more cupcakes were made. How many are there now?

• 12

• 144

• 24

• 20

There were 18 cows in the field. Then some went to a new field. Now there are 9 cows. How many left?

• 8

• 7

• 9

• 6

Blake had some paper airplanes. Then he made 7 more. Now he has 14. How many paper airplanes did Blake start with?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 5

Ally had 20 jellybeans. She gave away 15 of them. How many does she have left now?

• 20

• 15

• 5

• 10

Katie checked out 12 books from the library. She then returned 7 of the books and checked out 6 more. How many books does she have now?

• 11

• 12

• 5

• 13

If a chocolate bar has a mass of 50 grams, how many chocolate bars would have a total mass of 1 kilogram?

• 10

• 20

• 50

• 200

Ms. P's class wrote 55 cards for Veteran's day. Miss Halle's class wrote some too. If there are 72 cards in total, how many cards did Miss Halle's class write?

Sam bought 43 apples and some oranges. He bought 65 pieces of fruit in all. How many oranges did he buy?

• 22

• 108

• 5

• 27

Solve the word problem: If a bag contains 3 kilograms of potatoes and 2 kilograms of onions, what is the total mass of the bag's contents?

• 2 kilograms

• 3 kilograms

• 5 kilograms

• 6 kilograms

1) Thomas is driving 85 miles to visit his grandparents. He drove for a while, and then stopped for gas. Now he has 46 miles left to drive. How far has Thomas driven already?

• 5

• 131

• 39

• 41