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Week 5 Word Problems Practice

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Should I add or subtract?
I have 3 dogs. I lost 1 dog!
How many dogs do I have left?
a)
add
b)
subtract
2.
Take away
Less
Fewer
a)
add
b)
subtract
3.
I had 10 flowers. Now I have 13 flowers! How?!
a)
I added 3!
b)
I subtracted 3!
4.
What does "plus" mean?
a)
subtract
b)
add
5.
What does "minus" mean?
a)
Add
b)
Subtract
6.
Is "take away" more or less?
a)
less
b)
more
7.
When I add the number gets:
a)
bigger
b)
smaller
8.
When I subtract the number gets:
a)
bigger
b)
smaller
9.
3 ___ 2 = 1
a)
-
b)
+
10.
5 ___ 5 = 10
a)
+
b)
-
11.
Mrs. Thomas had 158 pencils at the beginning of the school year. By October she had lost 89 pencils. How many pencils does Mrs. Thomas have now? 
a)
Subtraction
b)
Addition
12.
Tyler had 108 stickers and bought 218 stickers. How many stickers does Tyler have? 
a)
Subtraction
b)
Addition
13.
AMC Theater had 361 packs of M&M’s to sell at the beginning of the movie, Zootopia. There were 78 packs of M&M’s at the end of the movie. How many packs of M&M’s did AMC sell during the movie? 
a)
Subtraction
b)
Addition
14.
a)
Subtraction
b)
Addition
15.
There are 2,174 students in 1st grade, 3, 108 students in 2nd grade, and 3,163 students in 3rd grade at Theodore’s school. How many more 3rd graders are there than 1st graders? 
a)
Subtraction
b)
Addition
16.
Antonio is keeping track of the pages he reads in his book. There are 586 pages in the book. On Monday he read 112 pages. How many pages does he still have to read? 
a)
Subtraction
b)
Addition
17.
a)
Subtraction
b)
Addition
18.
The acrobat at the circus was 125 feet in the air. The acrobat was 79 feet higher than the trapeze artist. How high was the trapeze artist?
a)
Subtraction 
b)
Addition
19.

Adam has a bag of 11 pretzels. He eats 2 of them. How many pretzels are left?

a)

Add

b)

Subtract

20.
in all
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
21.
difference
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
22.
left
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
23.
join
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
24.
more
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
25.
less 
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
26.
sum
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
27.
fewer
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
28.
take away
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
29.
more came
a)
add +
b)
subtract -
30.
Gabby has 106 stickers in her book. Sara has 129 stickers in her book. How many more stickers does Sara have than Gabby?
a)
add
b)
subtract
31.
Ben has 72 cents. He spent 48 cents. How much money does he have left? 
a)
add
b)
subtract
32.
Tony has 53 bugs in a jar. 26 bugs escaped. How many bugs are still in the jar? 
a)
add
b)
subtract
33.

Which equation matches this strip diagram?

a)

86 + 26 = P

b)

26 - 86 = P

c)

86 - 26 = P

34.

Which equation matches the strip diagram?

a)

44 - 91 = R

b)

91 - 44 = R

c)

44 + 91 = R

35.

What is the number sentence that goes with this strip diagram?

a)

137-349=?

b)

137+349=?

c)

349-137=?

36.

Which equation matches the strip diagram?

a)

1,000 + 600 = M

b)

1,000 - 600 = M

c)

600 - 1,000 = M

37.
Addition or Subtraction?
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
38.
Addition or Subtraction?
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
39.
What equation matches the strip diagram?
a)
874 - (301 + 521) = W
b)
(874 - 301) + 521 = W 
c)
874 ÷ 3 = W
d)
310 x 3 = W
40.

Juan has 440 blocks. Kristina has 280 more blocks than Juan has. The strip diagrams show how to find how many blocks they have all together.

What does 720 in the strip diagram represent?

a)

How many blocks Kristina has?

b)

How many blocks Juan has

c)

How many blocks they have all together

d)

How many more blocks Jonas has

41.
Zivia has 550 coins in her collection. Alex has 260 more coins than Zivia has. The strip diagrams show how to find how many coins they have all together. What does the 810 mean in this strip diagram?
a)
How many coins Zivia has
b)
How many coins Alex has
c)
How many more coins Alex has
d)
How many coins they have all together
42.
What is the whole?
a)
2
b)
8
c)
4
d)
6
43.
Find the missing part.
a)
4
b)
3
c)
7
d)
1
44.

There are 19 boys at the playground. 13 girls join them. How many children are there at the playground?


Which is the correct model for this word problem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
45.

Tessa has 75 books in her room. She bought another 25 books to add to her collection. How many books does she have altogether?


Which is the correct model for the word problem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
46.

Mrs. Hayes said there were 28 pennies in Mr. Tucker's container. A student put in 14 dimes. How many coins were in Mr. Tucker's container altogether?

a)

42

b)

32

c)

41

d)

45

47.

Mrs. Reaves has 12 girls in her class. She has 15 boys. How many students does Mrs. Reaves have?

a)

27

b)

26

c)

37

d)

15

48.

Ana takes 33 pictures. 16 pictures are black and white. The rest are in color. How many color pictures does Avi take?


Choose all the correct answers

a)

33 + 16 = ___

b)

___ + 16 = 33

c)

17 color pictures

d)

49 color pictures

49.
If there are 33 birds and 18 more fly over, how many birds are there now?
a)
41
b)
38
c)
45
d)
51
50.
If there are 12 bags of Skittles and you buy 9 more, how many bags are there now?
a)
21
b)
33
c)
12
d)
11