One Step Word Problems Add and Subtract

What is this problem asking you to do? Kamyle had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 8 of them on the bus ride home, how many more did she have to do?

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Kamyle had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 8 of them on the bus ride home, how many more did she have to do?

• 10 math problems

• 9 math problems

• 8 math problems

• 7 math problems

Find the answer.

Dallas needs to buy 16 apples to make pies. If each bag contains 4 apples, how many bags will she need?

• 4 bags

• 5 bags

• 16 bags

• 8 bags

What is this problem asking you to do? Jazelle was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 4 coins and the other had 8. How many coins did she have total?

• Add

• Subtract

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A library has 738 books. If 89 books are checked out, how many books are left in the library?

• 649

• 827

• 729

• 647

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

A library has 128 books and buys 73 more. How many books are in the library now?

• 201

• 205

• 195

• 210

The total mass of the contents of Derek’s backpack was 678 grams. Each book has a mass of 162 grams. Derek removed 2 textbooks from his backpack. What is the mass of the contents of the backpack now? What operation do we use to solve?

• add

• subtract

• divide

• subtract then add

Mallory built a house with 268 Lego bricks. She added more bricks on to make her house bigger. Now her Lego house has 645 bricks. Which equation would you use to find how many bricks she added to her house?

• 268 + 645

• 645 - 268

• 268 - 645

• 645 + 268

Six hundred seventy-four students attended a school assembly.  Of them, 392 were boys.  Find the number of girls who attended.

• 282 girls

• 1,066 girls

• 322 girls

• 382 girls