Real-Life Additive Word Problems: Show Your Reasoning!

1. Sarah has 15 apples, and she buys 8 more. How many apples does she have now? Explain your reasoning.

• 18

• 23

• 25

• 20

2. A bookstore sold 120 books in January and 150 books in February. How many books did they sell in total during these two months? Show your work.

• 300

• 270

• 250

• 180

3. Tom collected 25 baseball cards, and his friend gave him 10 more. How many baseball cards does Tom have now? Describe how you found the answer.

• 40

• 35

• 20

• 30

4. In a garden, there are 30 flowers. If 12 more flowers bloom, how many flowers are there in total? Explain your thought process.

• 42

• 36

• 24

• 30

5. A toy store had 50 toys on the shelf. They received a shipment of 20 new toys. How many toys are there now? Justify your answer.

• 70

• 80

• 60

• 40

6. Lisa read 45 pages of a book on Monday and 30 pages on Tuesday. How many pages did she read in total? Explain how you calculated it.

• 90 pages

• 75 pages

• 60 pages

• 50 pages

7. A farmer has 60 chickens and buys 25 more. How many chickens does he have altogether? Describe the steps you took to solve this problem.

• 85

• 75

• 100

• 90

8. There are 40 students in a class, and 15 more students join. How many students are in the class now? Explain your reasoning.

• 60

• 50

• 45

• 55

9. A baker made 100 cookies and sold 35 of them. How many cookies does the baker have left? Show your calculations and reasoning.

• 70

• 65

• 50

• 80

10. In a library, there are 200 books. If 50 more books are added, how many books will there be in total? Explain how you arrived at your answer.

• 300

• 250

• 150

• 200