Addition and Subtraction
There are 178 fourth graders and 225 fifth graders on the playground. About how many students are on the playground?
A. 300 C. 500
B. 400 D. 650
B. 400
Sonya earns $7 a week pulling weeds. After 5 weeks of work, how much money has Sonya earned?
A. $12 B. $35 C. $30 D. $2
B. $35
Which expression can be used to find the missing number in this pattern?
81, 72, 63, _____, 45, 36
A. 63 + 9 B. 45 – 9
C. 63 – 15 D. 45 + 9
D. 45 + 9
Steve’s goal is to swim 50 miles.
He swims 3 miles every day.
He has been swimming every day for the last 10 days.
Steve still needs to swim k more miles for his goal.
Which equation could be used to find how many more miles, k, Steve will have to swim to meet his goal?
A. 50 = 3 x 10 + k B. 50 = 3 + 10 + k
C. 50 = 3 - 10 + k D. 50 = 3 x 10 - k
A. 50 = 3 x 10 + k
Pactolus has 4 third grade classes. In third grade there are 389 students. There are 193 boys. How many are girls?
A. 196 C. 216
B. 582 D. 586
A. 196
Sarah has 24 toys. She wants to give the toys to 6 friends. T is the number of toys that Sarah will give to each friend, which equation is correct?
A. 24 x 6=T B. 24 - 6=T
C. T x 6=24 D. T + 6=24
C. T x 6=24
I created a pattern:
12, 28, 44, _____, 76
A. Add 44 and 76 B. Subtract 44 from 76
C. Add 16 to 76 D. Subtract 16 from 76
D. Subtract 16 from 76
Kaitlyn baked 137 brownies for the school’s bake sale. Josh baked 59 fewer brownies than Kaitlyn. How many brownies did they bake in all?
A. 251 B. 215
C. 78 D. 196
B. 215
A pet store has 219 bags of bird feed. Customers buy 134 bags. How many bags are left at the store?
A. 353 C. 95
B. 85 D. 343
B. 85
Four dalmatian puppies were born. Each puppy was born with 8 spots. How many spots were there?
A. 8 B. 12
C. 2 D. 32
D. 32
Which expression can be used to find the missing number in the pattern?
63, 56, 49, ____, 35, 28
A 49 + 7 B 63 - 7
C 35 + 14 D 49 - 7
D 49 - 7
Silas’ goal is to save $48 to buy a new xbox game.
He earns 8 dollars a day for doing his chores.
He has done chores for 3 days.
Which equation can be used to find how many more dollars, p, Silas still needs to get his goal?
A. 8 x 5 + p = 48 B. 8 x 3 x p = 48
C. 8 x 3 + p = 48 D. 8 x 6 + p = 48
A. 8 x 5 + p = 48
Sally had 59 bug bites. Her sister Jess had 38 more bug bites than Sally. How many bug bites did Jess and Sally get in all?
A. 97 C. 156
B. 21 D.135
C. 156
A group of 9 students equally shared 36 pencils. How many pencils did each student receive?
4
Which expression can be used to find the missing number in the pattern?
64, 56, ____, 40, 32, 24
A 56 + 8 B 56 - 8
C 48 + 8 D 48 - 16
B 56 - 8
Moxie’s goal is to read 54 pages of her book.
She reads 6 pages each day.
She has read for 5 days.
What equation can be used to find how many more pages, p, Moxie still needs to read to get her goal?
6 x 5 + p = 54 or 54 - (6 x 5) =p
Kaitlyn baked 137 brownies for the school’s bake sale. Jamarion baked 59 fewer brownies than Kaitlyn. How many cookies did they bake in all?
A. 251 B. 215 C. 78 D. 196
B. 215
Which method can you use to solve this problem?
7 x __ =63
A. Add 7 and 63 B. Divide 63 by 7
C. Subtract 7 from 63 D. Multiply 63 times 7
B. Divide 63 by 7
Which expression can be used to find the missing number in this pattern?
60, 54, ___, 42, 36, 30
54 - 6 or 42 + 6
Trey joined a health club that charged a one-time fee of $30 plus $40 a month. How much will Trey have spent on his health club membership in 6 months?
$270