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Addition and subtraction word problems

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There are 24 students in my class. 15 of them are boys. How many girls are in my class?

a)

10 girls

b)

7 girls

c)

9 girls

d)

9

2.

Brenna is at the spelling station. There are 60 letters at the spelling station. She used 24 of them to spell words. How many more letters does she have to use?

a)

36 letters

b)

36

c)

42 letters

d)

12

3.

Ashton built a tower with 50 blocks. 15 were red blocks, 12 were blue, and 18 were yellow. How many blocks were green?

a)

3 blocks

b)

5

c)

45 blocks

d)

5 blocks

4.

A kindergarten class went outside for recess. Seven kids were playing football. Six were jumping rope. 5 were playing chase. 3 were swinging. How many kids are in the kindergarten class?

a)

22 kids

b)

21 kids

c)

18 kids

d)

21

5.

Ally drew an alien. Her alien has 23 eyes. 14 eyes are blue, and the rest are red. How many are red?

a)

10

b)

12 eyes

c)

9 eyes

d)

10 eyes

6.

Gio has 25 lollipops, and Amerah gave him 19 more. How many lollipops does Gio have in all?

a)

42

b)

44

c)

42 lollipops

d)

44 lollipops

7.

Jaiden has 14 I Survived books. Holly has 26 Goosebumps books. Ashish has 45 Dog Man books. How many books do they have altogether?

a)

84 books

b)

84

c)

21

d)

85 books

8.

Karleigh and Sebastian are collecting stickers. Karleigh has 29 stickers and Sebastian has 28 stickers. How many stickers do they have altogether?

a)

57 stickers

b)

59

c)

54 stickers

d)

60

9.

21 students were playing at recess. 6 kids were playing kickball. How many kids were not playing kickball?

a)

15

b)

15 kids

c)

27

d)

27 kids

10.

At the grocery store, Yesse got crayons. She got 2 packs of crayons with 24 crayons in each pack. How many crayons did Yesse get in all?

a)

26

b)

47

c)

26 crayons

d)

48 crayons

11.

Alek and Alex kicked 57 soccer balls. 18 went into the net. How many did not make it?

a)

39 soccer balls

b)

39

c)

42 soccer balls

d)

42

12.

Hannah bought a toy for 50 cents. She gave the cashier, Owen, 75 cents. How much money will Hannah get back?

a)

100 cents

b)

25 cents

c)

25

d)

75 cents

13.

There are 75 apples in the apple tree. Paige picked 20 and Ally picked 30. How many did Paige and Ally pick in all?

a)

45 apples

b)

50 apples

c)

60 apples

d)

60

14.

Patrick wants to buy a piece of candy for 43 cents. Kendall wants to buy a piece of candy for 56 cents. How much money do Patrick and Kendall need to buy both pieces of candy?

a)

98

b)

99 cents

c)

13 cents

d)

100 cents

15.

Eva has 37 lollipops and she gave Kyle 19. How many lollipops does Eva have left?

a)

17

b)

19 lollipops

c)

18 lollipops

d)

14 lollipops

16.

Carter has 34 baseballs, and he gave Brady some. Now Carter has 14. How many baseballs does Brady have?

a)

20

b)

21

c)

20 baseballs

d)

21 baseballs