Addition Word Problems
Subtraction Word Problems
Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Addition and Subtraction
Vocabulary
100

Josiah traveled 352 miles last year. His brother traveled 294 miles. How many miles did they travel in all?

What is 646 miles?

100
A moose weighs 1,820 pounds. A camel weighs 1,521 pounds. How much more does a moose weigh than a camel?
What is 299 pounds?
100

Mrs. Floren has 255 recipes to organize. She has organized 42 of them. How many more recipes does she need to organize?

What is 213 recipes?

100

4,378 + 2,489 = ?

What is 6,867?

100

A sentence that contains an equal sign, showing that two expressions are equal.

What is an equation?

200

There is a mother elephant and a baby elephant at the zoo. The mother elephant weights 6,934 pounds and the baby weights 377 pounds. How much do they weigh altogether?

What is 7,311 pounds?

200

A page has 225 words. A shorter page has 123 words. How many more words does the longer page have than the shorter page?

What is 102 words?

200

Christine wore a pedometer as part of a P.E. class experiment. She walked 399 steps Monday morning and 333 on Monday afternoon. How many more steps did she walk in the morning than the afternoon?

What is 66 steps?

200

7,749 + 9,742 = ?

What is 17,491?

200

The opposite of multiplication. 

What is division?

300

Tamarion drove 463 miles in his new car the first week he owned it. He drove 194 miles the second week. How many miles did Tamarion drive these two weeks?

What is 657 miles?

300

There were 5,212 popsicles eaten last summer. There were 6,935 popsicles eaten this summer. How many more popsicles were eaten this year than last year?

What is 1,723 popsicles?

300

A store wants to earn $10,000 this year. So far, they have earned $8,200. How much more money will they have to earn to meet their goal?

What is $1,800?

300

625 - 423 = ?

What is 202?

300

When you see - you.

What is subtract?

400

Paris's Bakery sells 2,012 muffins each week. They also sell 5,025 cookies each week. How many total items does the bakery sell each week?

What is 7,037 items?

400

Reia wants to buy a car that costs $35,500. There is a sale on Sunday. If she buys the car on Sunday, she will save $2,400. How much will the car cost on Sunday?

What is $32,600 on Sunday?

400

Target Field can seat 40,000 people. If there are already 5,700 people seated in the stadium, how many more people can be seated in the stadium?

What is 34,300 people?

400

$7,888 - $1,470 = ?

What is $6,418?

400

When you see + you.

What is add?

500

Isaiah's drawing group is selling coupon books for charity. Isaiah sold 235 books and his friend Jocelyn sold 486. How many total books did they sell?

What is 721 books?

500

Samyah and her mother baked 48 cookies. She took 24 cookies to school and her friend ate some too. How many cookies did Samyah's have left?

What is 24 cookies?

500

Aiden painted 12 paintings for the school art show. He sold 6 paintings the first day. He painted 4 more to show the second day. He sold 8 paintings the last day. How many paintings did Aiden not sell?

What is 2 paintings?

500

644 - 209= ?

What is 435?

500

When you see X you.

What is multiply?

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