One-Step word problems
Jack bought 12 apples from the grocery store. His friend Mike gave him another 10 apples. How many apples does Jack have now?
22 Apples
Sandy found 49 seashells on the beach, she gave Jessica 17 of the seashells. How many seashells does Sandy have now?
32 seashells
There were 355 petals. There were 5 petals on every flower. How many flowers were there?
71 flowers
Ian answered 3 questions each minute. How long did it take Ian to answer 63 questions?
21 minutes
Tim has 42 books. He gave Hector 12 books. How many books did Tim end up with?
30 books
The temperature of the air was 120 degrees. Then the air cooled off. The temperature of the air ended up at 84 degrees. How much did the air cool off?
36 degrees
A truck weighed 9 times as much as a car weighed. The car weighed 720 kilograms. How much did the truck weigh?
6,480 kilograms
Sayed had $48 in his pocket. He had 4 times as much money in the bank as he had in his pocket. How much money did Sayed have in the bank?
$192
Tim picked 31 pears. Then Alyssa picked 27 pears from the pear tree. How many pears were picked in all ?
58 pears
Tom has 34 baseball cards. Melanie bought 12 of Tom's baseball cards. How many baseball cards does Tom have now?
22 baseball cards
The house was 18 feet tall. The warehouse was 3 times as tall as the house. How tall was the warehouse?
54 feet
There were 40 boxes. Each box had 8 pencils in it. How many pencils were there?
320 pencils
There are 50 maple trees in the park. There are 90 oak trees in the park. How many more oak trees are there than maple trees?
40 oak trees
There are 48 oak trees currently in the park. Park workers had to cut down 22 oak trees that were damaged. How many oak trees will be in the park when the workers are finished ?
26 oak trees
A man runs 5 kilometers every day. How many kilometers does the man run in 15 days.
75 kilometers
There were 5 cookies for every child. There were 85 cookies. How many children were there?
17 children
There were 250 3rd grade students outside at the football field. The 4th grade only has half as many students. How many 3rd and 4th grade students are there in all?
375 students
Niles West played 18 football games this year. Niles North played more games that Niles West. Altogether they played 41 games. How many more games did Niles North play compared to Niles West?
5 games
Each day a worker ate 4 meals. How many days did it take the worker to eat 84 meals?
21 days
A girl had some nickels. Each nickel is worth 5 cents. If she had 90 cents, how many nickels did she have?
18 Nickels