Single Step Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction Word Problems

Sarah has 8 apples and buys 5 more. She then gives 4 apples to her friend. How many apples does she have now?

• 11

• 1

• 9

• 17

The words, "in all", or "in total", tell you that you will be using what operation?

• subtraction

• addition

• multiplication

• division

A movie ticket costs $8. If you buy 4 tickets, what is the total cost?

• $4

• $12

• $16

• $32

Nicole wants to build 50 sandcastles. She builds 28 in the morning. A large wave washes away two of the sandcastles. How many more does she need to build to reach her goal?

Jazzlyn and Yarismar each had 7 jars of fireflies. Each jar had 6 fireflies in it. How many firefies did they have in all?

• 98 fireflies

• 49 fireflies

• 42 fireflies

• 84 fireflies

Ms. Cangiano's class is collecting aluminum cans for a recycling project. George brings in 3 bags with 10 cans in each bag. Ava brings in 6 bags with 11 cans in each bag. How many cans do they have so far?

• 96 cans

• 30 cans

• 33 cans

• 90 cans

Mr. Montero is buying pencils for his class. He buys 24 packs of 24 unsharpened pencils and 36 packs of 12 sharpened pencils. How many pencils does he buy in all?

• 1,008 pencils

• 1,010 pens

• 1,008 pens

• 1,001 pencils

Stacy finds 24 shells at the beach. Mark finds 32 shells. Beth finds 28 shells. How many shells did the 3 friends find?

Ryan has 44 pink lollipops, 19 striped lollipops and 32 lollipops with polka dots. What is the total number of lollipops?

Malik has a bank account. His mother deposits $834. Now he has $2,340 in his bank account. How much money did he begin with?
What operation will you use to solve this problem?

• +

• -

• X