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Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Anu has 16 blocks. 9 are red and the rest are blue. How many blocks are blue?

a)

7 blue blocks

b)

6 blue blocks

c)

5 blue blocks

d)

4 blue blocks

2.

There are 20 animals in the zoo. 14 are bears and the rest are tigers. How many of the animals are tigers?

a)

8 tigers

b)

14 tigers

c)

34 tigers

d)

6 tigers

3.

Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

a)

6 jelly beans

b)

7 jelly beans

c)

23 jelly beans

d)

8 jelly beans

4.

There are seventeen students in Mrs. Smith's second grade class. If eight of them are girls, how many students are boys?

a)

17 boys

b)

8 boys

c)

9 boys

d)

7 boys

5.

Olivia read 2 books on Monday, 3 books on Tuesday, and 4 books on Wednesday. How many books did she read in all?

a)

5 books

b)

7 books

c)

9 books

d)

10 books

6.
Mrs. Knight and Ms. Carpenter sell flags to raise money for their club. Mrs. Knight sells 457 flags and Ms. Carpenter sells 686 flags.  Who sells more flags? How many more? 
a)
Mrs. Knight, 229
b)
Ms. Carpenter, 229
c)
Mrs. Knight, 219
d)
Ms. Carpenter, 219 
7.

Will had 8 baseballs. Then he got 5 more. How many baseballs does he have now?

a)

13 baseballs

b)

3 baseballs

c)

12 baseballs

d)

15 baseballs

8.

There were 6 boys on the stairs. Then 7 more boys joined them. How many boys are there altogether?

a)

13 boys

b)

12 boys

c)

14 boys

d)

1 boys

9.

The temperature was 50 degrees in the afternoon. It was 36 degrees in the evening. How much did the temperature change?

a)

14 degrees

b)

86 degrees

c)

20 degrees

d)

26 degrees

10.

Mary had 245 cookies. She made 156 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

a)

111 cookies

b)

11 cookies

c)

401 cookies

d)

89 cookies

11.

Coco the Clown was making balloon animals at a birthday party. 26 children wanted dog balloon animals and 17 wanted bears. How many balloon animals did Coco the Clown make at the party?

a)

21 balloon animals

b)

43 balloon animals

c)

45 balloon animals

d)

33 balloon animals

12.
Jace has 15 stuffed animals. Brooks has 19. How many stuffed animals do they have altogether? 
a)
14 stuffed animals
b)
4 stuffed animals
c)
24 stuffed animals
d)
34 stuffed animals
13.
Pop Pop has 25 posters.  He bought 15 more.  How many does he have now?
a)
10 posters
b)
30 posters
c)
15 posters
d)
40 posters
14.

Jane had 52 crates of apples to unload at the grocery store. She unloaded 29 of them. How many crates does she have left to unload?

a)

23 crates

b)

81 crates

c)

20 crates

d)

80 crates

15.
Jordan read 485 pages last month and 391 pages this month. How many pages did Jordan read altogether?
a)
866 pages
b)
876 pages
c)
886 pages
d)
877 pages