Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

We had 3 people in person in class today, then 2 more students came and joined our class. Each student in class got 5 stickers. How many stickers did Mrs. Morehouse give out?

Allison is in charge of getting oranges for the soccer game today. She buys 2 bags with 6 oranges in each bag. She also buys 4 loose oranges. Which expression can be used to find the number of oranges Allison buys in all?

• 2 x 4 - 6

• 2 x 6 + 4

• 2 x 6 x 4

• 2 x 6 - 4

Ella had 15 ribbons. she gave 7 of them to Grant. How many ribbons does Ella have left?

• 5

• 15

• 8

• 22

Payton had 16 markers. She gave 5 of them to Juan. How many markers does Payton have left?

• 11

• 398

• 21

• 1

Varsha had some pencils. she gave 6 of them to AJ. Now Varsha has 11 pencils. How many pencils did Varsha have at first?

• 99

• 5

• 17

• 11

Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

• 6

• 7

• 23

• 8

Amy has 10 pencils. Jessica asks to borrow one. How many pencils does Amy have now?

• 11

• 9

• 8

• 12

There are seventeen students in Mrs. Smith's second grade class. If eight of them are girls, how many students are boys?

• 17

• 8

• 9

• 7

Olivia read 2 books on Monday, 3 books on Tuesday, and 4 books on Wednesday. How many books did she read in all?

• 5 books

• 7 books

• 9 books

• 10 books