Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

The students at EP Foster School collected 2,790 cans of fruit for Cheers for Children. Each student brought in 5 cans. How many students attend the school?

• 840 students

• 585 students

• 855 students

• 558 students

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Logan, Abdiel, Leo, and JJ bought 88 green slimy candy bars. They wanted to divide the candy evenly. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 22 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 352 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 2 green slimy candy bars and 8 would be left over.

• Each kid would get 20 green slimy candy bars and 2 would be left over.

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

John has 8 cabinets, he splits 139 papers between 7 cabinets. He put the remaining papers in the 8th cabinet. How many papers did he put in the 8th cabinet?

• 19

• 20

• 6

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Haley picked 28 carrots from her garden. If she threw out 11 of them and then picked 9 more the next day, how many carrots would she have total?

• 39

• 20

• 26

• 48

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ken had 53 pieces of candy. He gave 28 of them away. How many pieces of candy does Ken have left?

• 15

• 25

• 28

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Eric had 167 hats. His uncle gave him 82 more. How many hats does Eric have in all?

• 249

• 125

• 105

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Tom has 47 quarters. His dad gave him 14 more. How many quarters does Tom have in all?

• 61

• 51

• 33

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Tina read 433 pages of her book. If there are 873 total pages, how many more pages does she have left to read?

• 230

• 400

• 440

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Michelle had 377 candles. She used 240 of them. How many candles does she have left?

• 137

• 117

• 501

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

John saw 230 ants while on a picnic. He dropped a cookie and then 119 more ants came out. How many ants did John see altogether?

• 345

• 349

• 394

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.6