Addition Word Problems
Subtraction Word Problems
Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Addition and Subtraction
Addition and Subtraction 2-step
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Jabar traveled 3,052 miles last year. His brother traveled 5,294 miles. How many miles did they travel in all?
What is 8,346 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. Walker has 2,005 recipes to organize. She has organized 962 of them. How many more recipes does she need to organize?
What is 1,043 recipes?
100
24,378 + 12,489 = ?
What is 36,867?
100

John buys 12 pencils one week, and 7 the following week. He gives 3 pencils to his friend. How many pencils does he have left?

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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 book has 31,225 words. A shorter book has 24,893 words. How many more words does the longer book have than the shorter book?
What is 6,332 words?
200
Miguel wore a pedometer as part of a class experiment. He walked 8,245 steps on Monday and 7,516 steps on Tuesday. How many more steps did he walk on Monday than on Tuesday?
What is 729 steps?
200
371,749 + 129,742 = ?
What is 501,491?
200

Lydia has 15 marbles. She takes them to her friend’s house. She loses 3 on the way and 4 in the house. How many does she have left?

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300
Rick drove 12,363 miles in his new car the first year he owned it. He drove 15,394 miles the second year. How many miles did Rick drive these two years?
What is 27,757 miles?
300
There were 15,292 concert tickets sold last year. There were 26,935 concert tickets sold this year. How many more tickets were sold this year than last year?
What is 11,643 tickets?
300
A store wants to earn $100,000 this year. So far, they have earned $82,052. How much more money will they have to earn to meet their goal?
What is $17,948?
300
62,500 - 19,689 = ?
What is 42,811?
300

Asif has a packet of biscuits. There are 12 in the packet. He gives 6 of the biscuits to some friends. He buys another packet of 12 biscuits. How many biscuits does he have now?

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400
Betty's Bakery sells 2,012 muffins each week. They also sell 5,025 cookies and 416 cakes each week. How many total items does the bakery sell each week?
What is 7,453 items?
400
Miss Bintel 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 $2,499. How much will the car cost on Sunday?
What is $33,001 on Sunday?
400
Twickenham Stadium, in England, can seat 82,000 people. If there are already 49,837 people seated in the stadium, how many more people can be seated in the stadium?
What is 32,163 people?
400
$77,000 - $31,470 = ?
What is $45,530?
400

Amina collects 23 conkers. She gives 6 of the conkers to her brother and 8 to her sister. How many conkers does she have left?

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500
Hannah's choir group is selling coupon books for charity. Hannah sold 23 books and her friend Meghan sold 31. They have 6 books left to sell. How many total books did the two girls have to sell?
What is 60 books?
500
Madelyn and her mother baked 48 cookies. She took 24 cookies to school and her brother ate some too. They now have 18 cookies. How many cookies did Madelyn's brother eat?
What is 6 cookies?
500
Caden 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 Caden not sell?
What is 2 paintings?
500
660,000 - 83,259 = ?
What is 576,741?
500

A photographer takes 34 photographs in a day. She takes 13 in the morning and 12 in the afternoon. She takes the rest of the photographs in the evening. How many photographs does she take in the evening?

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