One Step Addition
Naomi has 9 pickles. Her classmates give her 18 more pickles. How many pickles does Naomi have all together?
Naomi has 27 pickles.
I have 12 dollars. I went to the store and spent 5 dollars on snacks and candy at the corner store. How much money do I have left?
I have 7 dollars left.
I brought 6 Pokemon cards to school. Matthew gave me 5 cards from his collection. Peyton gave me 3 more cards from her collection. How many Pokemon cards to I have all together?
My sister gave me 26 skittles after school. I ate 11 when I finished my homework. Then I ate 8 more after practice. How many skittles do I have left?
I have 7 skittles left.
36 birds were eating in a field. 19 birds flew away. How many birds are left in the field?
What operation would I used to solve this word problem?
(key words: flew away, how many left)
Aithana solved 23 problems on her first homework page. She solved 34 more problems on the second homework page. How many total problems did Aithana solve?
Aithana solved 57 problems.
Abigail had 17 chicken tenders. She shared 9 chicken tenders with her friends. How many chicken tenders does she have left?
Abigail has 8 chicken tenders left.
Ms. Howell sang a song with 5 students. When the class next door heard, 8 more students began singing too. Then 12 more students from across the hall began singing too. How many total students are singing with Ms. Howell?
25 students are singing with Ms. Howell.
Every year I give toys away to make room for new presents before my birthday. My toybox was filled with 73 toys. I gave 17 toys to my little brother and 22 toys to my little sister. How many toys do I have left?
I have 34 toys left.
I have 61 dollars in my savings account. My grandmother gave me 33 more dollars to save. How much total money to I have in my savings in now?
What operation would I use to solve this word problem?
Addition
(key words: more, total)
Ms. Q gave 30 prizes away on Monday. On Friday she gave 26 more prizes to students. How many prizes did Ms. Q give all together?
Ms. Q gave 56 prizes all together.
There are 20 days in summer school. We finished 17 days so far. How many more days are left of summer school?
There are 3 more days of summer school left.
Jayce passed out 12 yellow color pencils, 16 red color pencils and 21 orange color pencils to the class. How many color pencils did Jayce pass out in all?
Jayce passed out 49 color pencils.
Ms. Moyer gave balloons to all the students in second grade. She started with 58 balloons and gave away 29 to Ms. Q's class. Then she gave away 17 more to her class. How many balloons does Ms. Moyer have left?
Ms. Moyer has 12 balloons left.
Ms. Emily picked up 9 lunches for all the students. She picked up 7 more lunches for the students that wanted more. How many lunches did Ms. Emily pick up all together?
What operation would you use to solve the word problem?
Addition
(key word: more, all together)
They gave 87 lunches to second and third grade.
Isabella drew 42 cats in her notebook. Aleanny drew 24 cats in her notebook. How many fewer cats did Aleanny draw?
Aleanny drew 18 fewer cats than Isabella.
During math class we had two test to take. The first test had 37 questions. The second test had 61 questions. How many questions did both test have in total.
Both test had 98 questions total.
Liam picked 56 apples. He gave 18 apples to his neighbor and 12 apples to his teacher. How many apples does he have left?
Liam has 26 apples left.
I want to buy a bike this summer. The bike cost $47. I have $36. How much more money do I need to buy the bike?
What operation do I used to solve this word problem?
Subtraction
(key word: "how much more" tells me need I need to find the difference to solve)
We blew 73 bubbles at recess. Then Ms. Howell came outside and blew 24 more bubbles. What was the total amount of bubbles we all blew at recess?
Nathaly brought 52 cupcakes for the end of school party. She passed out 36 cupcakes to her Math class. How many does she have left to pass out at her ELA class?
Nathaly has 16 cupcakes left to share with her ELA class.
I collected flower for my mom at the park. I picked 23 dandelions, 13 roses, 7 lilies and 36 violets. I decided to give the roses away. How many dandelions, lilies and violets did I pick?
I picked 66 dandelions, lilies and violets.
Emma had 84 crayons. She lost 16 crayons at school and gave 28 crayons to her cousin. How many crayons does she have left?
Emma has 40 crayons left.
Joamy collected 7 seashells at the beach. Her mom gave her 3 more seashells. Then, Joamy gave 5 away to her brother. How many seashells does Joamy have now?
What operation would you use to solve this words problem?
Addition and Subtraction
(key words: more, gave away)