Word Problems 1
James bought a camera for 105 dollars and now he only has 86 dollars left. How much money did he have to start with?
191 dollars
Lorena ate 14 carrot sticks. She now has 9 sticks left. How many carrot sticks did she have to start with?
23 carrot sticks?
Christopher is 142 cm tall. Jane is 8 cm taller than Christopher. How tall is Jane?
150 cm
There were 9 apples and 15 cherries in a basket. How many more cherries than apples were in the basket?
6 more cherries
There are 12 buckets on the beach. There are also 8 shovels on the beach. Which is more, the number of buckets or the number of shovels? How many more?
The number of buckets and by 4 more buckets
There were 19 apples on a tree. Juan picked 3 apples. 5 apples fell to the ground. How many apples were left on the tree?
11 apples
There are 26 children on the Ferris wheel, 48 children on the roller coaster, and 12 children on the merry-go round. How many children are on all three rides?
86 children
Zara invited all her classmates to her party. 15 classmates went to her party and 9 did not. How many classmates did she have?
24 classmates
There are 158 students in Grade 2 and 173 students in Grade 3. How many students are there in Grade 2 and Grade 3?
331 students
26 boys and 18 girls went swimming. Altogether, how many children went swimming? 9 children who went swimming got a sunburn. How many children who went swimming did not get a sunburn?
44 children went all together and 35 children did not get sunburn
The door to Sean's room is 129 inches high. In the morning he painted up to 84 inches. How many inches of the door's height were left without paint?
45 inches
EASY POINTS: What time does school end?
2:30
Charles had 59 buttons. 12 buttons were large. 23 buttons were of medium size. There rest of the buttons were small. How many small buttons did Charles have?
24 small buttons
The total length of a fence is 72 meters. Kamil painted 38 meter and Jenny painted the rest. How many meters did Jenny paint?
34 meters
18 boys and 23 girls are in the class. Altogether, how many students are in the class? 7 children are sick and need to go home. How many student are not sick?
There are 41 students total in the class. 34 of those students are not sick.
At the bakery, 36 muffins had fruit chunks and 28 muffins did not have fruit chunks. 22 muffins were served. How many muffins were left?
42 muffins
In her garden, Jamie had 24 red roses and 32 white roses. She picked 12 roses. How many roses were left?
44 roses
Rita had 68 star stickers. 15 were golden. 22 were silver stars. The rest were blue stars. How many blue stars did Rita have?
31 stars
There were 32 children on the Ferris Wheel. 9 more children got on and then 12 more got on. How many children are on the Ferris Wheel now?
53 children
EASY POINTS: What is the schools mascot?
Wildcat
Tracy swam 242 yards on Monday and 513 yards on Tuesday. How many yards did she swim in all?
655 yards
Sylvia rode her bike 385 meters to the grocery store. She rode the same distance to get back home. How many meters did she ride in all?
770 meters
Ana is 12 years old. She is 5 years older than her sister. How old is her sister?
7 years old
Mary is 58 inches tall. Carrie is 12 inches shorter than Mary. How tall is Carrie?
46 inches
Sara collected 63 stamps. She gave 26 stamps to her friend. How many stamps did she have left? Later, she bought 35 stamps. How many stamps does she have now?
She had 37 stamps left and she has 72 stamps after buying 35 more.