Math Word Problems - simple

Three boys were playing outside. Four more boys came to join them. How many boys are playing outside now?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Three boys were playing outside. Some more boys came to join them. Now there are seven boys playing outside. How many boys joined the first three?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Some boys were playing outside. Four more boys came to join them. Now there are seven boys playing outside. How many boys were first outside?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

There were six pieces of gum. Sally ate two pieces of gum. How many pieces of gum were left?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

There were six pieces of gum. Sally ate some pieces of the gum. There were four pieces of gum left. How many pieces of gum did Sally eat?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

There were some pieces of gum. Sally ate two pieces of the gum. There were four pieces of gum left. How many pieces of gum were there to begin with?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Mark collected 8 rocks. Jen collected three rocks. How many more rocks did Mark collect than Jen?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

There are eight rocks. Mark found 5 rocks and Jen found the other rocks. How many rocks did Jen find?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Mark has three more rocks than Jen. Mark has 8 rocks. How many rocks does Jen have?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6