Animals
There were 42 crickets jumping around the playground. If 16 more crickets joined, how many crickets are there now?
58 crickets
My mom brought 35 cupcakes and 24 cookies to the party. How many treats did she bring in all?
59 treats
Crystal scored 28 points in a basketball game. Matt scored 8. How many more points did Crystal score?
20 points
5 Hershey's bars
Mrs. Pacileo has 10 students in her class. Mrs. Breton has 17 students in her class. How many students do they have altogether?
27 students
There were 42 birds in the tree. Some birds flew away. Now there are 31 birds in the tree. How many birds flew away?
11 birds
My sister ate 15 blueberries. I ate 12 strawberries. How much fruit did we eat altogether?
27 pieces of fruit
There were 32 people watching the soccer game. 21 more people joined. How many people are watching the soccer game now?
53 people
Timmy had 35 lollipops. He gave some to his friends. He still has 11 lollipops. How many lollipops did he give to his friends?
24 lollipops
There were 34 icicles hanging on our house. The sun melted some of them. Now there are 12 icicles left hanging on our house. How many did the sun melt?
22 icicles
47 cats were at the animal shelter. 29 of them got adopted. How many cats still need homes?
18 cats
Gene won first place in a pancake eating contest. He ate 22 pancakes. Tina ate 13 pancakes. How many more pancakes did Gene eat?
9 pancakes
There were 24 baseballs at the start of the game. Some baseballs went over the fence. Now there are 16 baseballs left. How many baseballs went over the fence?
8 baseballs
Sam has 52 Skittles. He has 37 M&Ms. How many pieces of candy does he have in all?
89 pieces of candy
I jumped with the jump rope 43 times in a row. My friend jumped 32 times. How many times did we jump in all?
75 jumps
There were 28 dogs at the park. 37 more came to the park. How many dogs are at the park now?
65 dogs
I baked 75 cookies for the bake sale. I sold 48 cookies. How many cookies are left to sell?
27 cookies
Steve made 57 shots during his hockey game. 38 shots went in the net. How many did not go in the net?
19 did not go in the net
We had 54 pieces of candy to decorate our gingerbread house. We ate some candy. Now we have 28 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy did we eat?
26 pieces of candy
If I can read 53 words and you can read 36 words. How many words can we read in all?
89 words
There are 53 wild horses in the field. 26 are brown. How many are not brown?
27 horses are not brown
My dad chopped up 49 carrots and 37 pieces of celery for the stew. How many vegetables did he chop in all?
86 vegetables
29 students at my school play tennis. 71 students play football. How many students play a sport in all?
100 students play a sport
The box of chocolates had 52 pieces inside. I ate 38 pieces of chocolate. How many chocolates are still in the box?
14 chocolates
John had 36 blue pencils and 58 red pencils. How many pencils did he have altogether?
94 pencils