Add and Subtract Word Problems

Elijah bought a Bamboo plant that was 4 1/2 feet high. When he got it home, he cut 3 1/6 feet off of it. How tall was the plant after he cut it down?

• 1 1/3 feet

• 7 2/3 feet

• 12 1/12 feet

• 1 2/3 feet

Noe jogged 4/5 miles on Monday and 1/10 miles on Tuesday. What is the difference between those two distances?

• 7/10 miles

• 3/10 miles

• 3 miles

• 3/5 miles

3/9 pan of brownies are on the counter. You decide to eat 1/3 of them. How much of the pan of brownies did you eat? How much was leftover after you ate it?

• 1/9 and 2/6

• 0 and 3/9

• 1/9 and 2/9

• 1/9 and 0

Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn.

Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn.

How much popcorn did they have altogether?

• 3/11

• 3/8

• 3/24

• 19/24

After your birthday party there is 2/3 of the cake leftover. If you want to give 1/2 to your grandma, how much of the cake would that be?

• 3/6

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1/3

Sloane made 263 baskets at basketball practice last week. She made 312 baskets at practice this week. How many more  baskets did Sloane make this week?

• 49 baskets

• 50 baskets

• 39 baskets

• 59 baskets

Emily collected 264 pieces of candy while trick-or-treating. Her brother, Alex, collected 50 more pieces of candy than Emily. How many pieces of candy did Alex collect?

• 314

• 210

• 214

There were 3 jars of candy corn at the Fall Festival. The first jar had 79 pieces of candy corn, the second jar had 147 pieces of candy corn and the third jar had 144 pieces of candy corn. How many pieces of candy corn were there in all 3 jars combined?

• 291

• 223

• 376

• 370

The Lower School has a recycling program. They collected 4,092 plastic bottles last year, and this year are hoping to collect 6,000 bottles. How many more do they need to collect to reach their goal?

• 10,092

• 1,908

• 2,000

• 6,000

The 5th grade has 1,004 pencils and the 6th grade has 1,059 pencils. How many do they have together?

• 55

• 2,063

• 1,063

• 1,000