Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Mrs. Bryant has 73 stickers. She gives one to each of her students. If she has 20 students, how many stickers does she have left?

• 93

• 43

• 53

At Lincoln Elementary School, the fifth-grade students have a total of 325 pets. Of these pets, 250 are some kind of pet other than cats. Which equation could be used to determine the number of pets that are cats, c?

• 325 + 250 = c

• 325 – 250 = c
  

• 325 × 250 = c

• 325 ÷ 250 = c

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood.  He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house.  Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood.  Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185+25)+40 

• p = (185−25)−40 

• p=(185+25)×40 

• p=(185−25)÷40 

Frank paid $41 total for 5 books and 1 magazine. The magazine costs $6 and each book cost the same amount. Which equation represents this situation where b is the price of a book. 

• b= (5x41) - 6

• 41= 5 + b + 6

• 41= (5 x b) + 6

• b= (5x6) + 41

King solved 32 word problems on Monday and 54 word problems on Tuesday. If his goal is to solve 100 word problems this week, how many does he have left to solve?
WHICH OPERATION/S ARE BEING USED?

• Addition 

• Multiplication, Division

• Addition, Subtraction

• Subtraction

A waiter has 85 people in his section today for lunch. If 23 of them leave and the remaining tables each have six people at each table, which equation would best represent t, the number of tables he has left to serve?

• t= (85-23)-6

• t= (85-23) / 6

• t= 85- (23 / 6)

• t= 85 - (23 X 6)

x + 24 = 44

• x = -20

• x = 68

• x = 20

• x = -68

To solve the equation
x + 5 = 8
 I would ....

• subtract 5 from x

• subtract 5 from both sides

• subtract 5 from one side and add 5 to the other

• add 5 to both sides

What is the inverse operation of addition?

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

• none of the above

Javier has saved $55 toward the purchase of an IPOD. The IPOD costs $145. Which equation represents the amount Javier needs to save to by the IPOD?

• 55 + x = 145

• 145x = 55

• 55 - x = 145

• 145 (55) = x