Subtraction
Addition
Word Problems
Multistep Word Problems
100

760-40=  

720

100

110+173=

283

100

There were 54 birds in the trees.  Then 12 birds flew away.  How many birds are in the trees now?

54-12=42.  42 birds

100

There are 55 cookies in the jar. Ms. Smith's class eats 23. They bake 40 more cookies to put into the jar. How many cookies are there now?

55-23= 32

32+40= 72


Answer: 72

200

436-292?

 144

200

389 + 262 =

651

200

Cameron read 54 pages in his book.  Brandon read 22 pages in his book.  How many more pages did Cameron read than Brandon?

54-22=32. 32 pages

200

Hailey has two boxes of pencils with 24 pencils in each box. She gives 6 pencils to her sister. How many pencils does Hailey have now?

24+24= 48

48-6 = 42

Answer: 42

300

950-674=

What is 276?

300

593 + 287=

880

300

Nora has 62 postcards.  She gives 29 postcards to Lexi.  How many postcards does Nora have left?

62-29=33. 33 postcards

300

Mrs. Mecom baked 18 chocolate chip cookies and 12 sugar cookies. Her kids ate 11 of the cookies. How many cookies does Mrs. Mecom have now?

18+12 =30

30-11= 19

Answer: 19

400

Brandon had 171 toy cars. Then he lost 82 toy cars. How many does he have left?

89

400

Doah has 524 cats and she has 277 fish. How many animals does she have altogether?

801

400

Claudio has 22 beads. Luca has 33 red beads and 31 blue beads.  How many more beads does Luca have than Claudio?

C 22

L- 33+31=64

Step 2 - 64-22=42.  42 beads

400

The art museum has 67 paintings. 28 are paintings of people. 15 are paintings of animals. How many paintings are NOT of people or animals?

67-28 =39

39-15= 24

Answer: 24

500

Clara had 900 cupcakes. She ate 207 cupcakes. How many does she have left? 

693

500

456 + 489?

945

500

Ian has 35 crayons.  Andrew had 16 crayons.

How many more crayons do they need to have 60 crayons in all?

Step 1- 35 + 16 = 51

Step 2 - 60-51=9

9 crayons

500

There were 85 ducks in a pond. 22 flew into the air. Then, 13 ducks came back to the pond. How many ducks are in the pond now?

85-22= 63

63+13= 76

Answer: 76

M
e
n
u