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

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

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

• subtraction

• addition

• multiplication

• division

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CCSS.1.OA.A.1

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

• $4

• $12

• $16

• $32

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

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

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.6

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

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8