WorksheetsBasic Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Amy has 10 pencils. Jessica asks to borrow one. How many pencils does Amy have now?
11
9
8
12
There are seventeen students in Mrs. Smith's second grade class. If eight of them are girls, how many students are boys?
17
8
9
7
Jose got $15 from his grandma for his birthday. If he wants to save $5, how money money does he have left to spend?
$9
$10
$20
$50
Seth and Cory both have 8 glue sticks. How many glue sticks do they have in all?
16 glue sticks
8 glue sticks
18 glue sticks
0 glue sticks
Sara has 7 apples. She buys 5 more apples. How many apples does Sara have now?
11
12
13
The store has 150 baseballs. At the end of the month, there were 81 baseballs left. How many baseballs did the store sell?
(a)
Jenny baked 10 cookies. She baked 6 more cookies later. How many cookies does Jenny have in total?
15
16
17
Which story problem matches the picture?
Adam ate 6 cookies in the morning and 2 cookies in the afternoon. How many cookies did he eat in all?
Bob has 4 blue buttons and 6 white buttons. How many buttons does he have in all?
Tyler had 6 cards and he gave away 5 to his brother. How many cards does Tyler have left?
Sam had 6 jellybeans and he gave 2 to his sister. How many jellybeans did Sam have left?
21 frogs are in the pond. 2 frogs hop away. Then 15 more frogs hop away. How many frogs are left in the pond? What are the key words? Choose more than one. What operation does it help you solve?
hop away
how many
left
addition
subtraction
Nate brought 96 cupcakes to school to celebrate his birthday. When he got on the school bus, he came home with 14 cupcakes. How many cupcakes were eaten?
100
110
82
84
Mrs. Dedo was decorating the school. If she planted 32 flowers around the school, 10 near the playground and put 15 plants in the hallways, how many plants did she buy to make Shoreland look great?
If each plant she bought cost $8, how much did Mrs. Dedo spend on plants?
PART 1: 47 plants PART 2: $470
PART 1: 60 plants PART 2: $480
PART 1: 57 PART 2: $456
James built animals out of clay. He made 4 dogs and 3 birds. If he made 4 legs for each dog and 2 legs for each bird, how many legs did he make in all?
22
12
20
6
Carson baked 6 pies. Liam baked pies too. They had 15 pies all together. How many pies did Liam bake?
6+9=15
6+10=15
9+2=11
15
There were thirteen towels thrown on the ground by the swimming pool. Mom asked my sister and me to pick them up. I picked up seven of them. How many are left for my sister to pick up?
13 towels
20 towels
7 towels
6 towels
Mrs. Davis has 6 windows in her classroom. Mrs. Roe has one less window than Mrs. Davis. How many windows do Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Roe have altogether in their rooms?
11 windows
12 windows
13 windows
5 windows
Olivia read 2 books on Monday, 3 books on Tuesday, and 4 books on Wednesday. How many books did she read in all?
5 books
7 books
9 books
10 books
Sydney has 10 pencils in her supply box. She gives 3 pencils to her best friend. How many pencils does Sydney have now?
7
13
6
14
Carl has 2 pieces of candy, and Cace has 4 pieces of candy. Both boys give their candy to Mr. Braveboy. How many pieces of candy did Mr. Braveboy get?
2
4
6
8
Emma has 8 stickers on her chart. Kinsley has the same number of stickers on her chart. If the girls put their charts together, how many stickers would they have in all?
0
8
12
16
Coach Holden gave the class 15 chances to make a basket. They've used 8 of their chances so far. How many chances do they have left?
6
7
15
23
