Basic Word Problems
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Think About It
100
Maya invited 14 friends to her birthday party. Five of the friends were from her soccer team. The rest are friends from camp. How many friends from camp did Maya invite?
What is 9 friends are from camp
100
Kate made two giant chocolate chip cookies. She had 50 chocolate chips. she counted 29 chips in one cookie. How many chocolate chips are in the other cookie?
What is 21 chocolate chips
100
Gabe has a big spelling test coming up. He must learn 35 words. On Monday he learned 12 words. On Tuesday he learned 9 words. How many more words must he learn?
What is 14 more words
100
Johnny put 25,419 miles on his brand new car in 2001. In 2002, he put another 25,687 miles on his car. How many miles are on his car now?
What is 51,106 miles
100

Martha usually as 2 cups of tea a day. Monday she had 1 cup of tea and 1 cup of coffee. Tuesday and Wednesday she had her usual. Thursday she had juice and coffee. Friday, Saturday and Sunday she had 1 cup of tea and 1 cup of coffee. How many cups of tea did she have that week?

8 cups

200
Ben and Mary planted 16 tulips in the garden; 5 tulips have bloomed. How many tulips have not bloomed?
What is 11 have not bloomed
200
Kylie has a bushel of 48 apples she bought at Costco. She puts an equal number of apples into 6 bags. How many apples are in each bag?
What is 8 apples
200
Trevor collected 16 pieces of wood for his fort. Mrs. Olsen gave him 7 pieces. Mr. Smith gave him 5 pieces. He got the rest from his garage. How many pieces did he get from his garage?
What is 4 pieces
200
Kameron spent $36 buying school supplies at the student store for his 4 best friends. How much money did Kameron spend on each friend?
What is $9
200

Jacob made 3 tanks with Legos and carves 2 out of wood. He already had 7 tanks he had made and 6 he had bought. How many tanks does he have in all?

18 tanks

300
Max wanted to hand out lollipops for his birthday treat. There are 27 children in his class. Max has 19 lollipops. How many more would he need to have enough for everyone?
What is 8 more lollipops
300
Jadyn bought 8 bags of candies. Each bag cost $7. How much did Jadyn spend altogether?
What is $56
300
Addie wants to collect 36 newspapers for the recycling drive. She found 12 newspapers at her house. She collected 10 newspapers from neighbors. How many more newspapers does she need to reach her goal?
What is 14 newspapers
300

Jerimiah was headed to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It takes a total of 540 miles for him to get there from his house. He drives 260 miles and then has to stop and take a break. How many more miles does he have left to arrive in Myrtle Beach?

What is 280 more miles

300

Scott bought season tickets to baseball games for 3 years. There were 15 games played each season. If he attended 40 games, how many games did he miss?

5 games

400
Seth rode his bike to his cousin's house. His cousin lives 15 miles away. He rode 6 miles before taking a break. How much more did he ride after his break before arriving at his cousin's house?
What is 9 more miles
400
Steve races on inline skates. His first race was 50 kilometers. His second race was 26 kilometers. How many kilometers did he race in all?
What is 76 kilometers
400
Austin had 30 cups of lemonade at his stand when he started. At 8:30, Austin sold 9 cups of lemonade, and at 9:00 he sold 15 cups. How many cups does he have now?
What is 6 cups
400

James saw 54 ladybug legs at the park. Each ladybug has 6 legs. How many ladybugs did James see at the park?

What is 9 ladybugs

400

Regina walked Daisy every day for two weeks. Each day they walked 1.5 miles. How many miles did they walk in all?

21 miles

500
Simon can juggle the soccer ball 15 times. His friend Avie can juggle, too. Simon and Avie juggle a total of 45 times. How many times did Avie juggle the ball?
What is 30 times
500
Destiny started with 22 marbles in her bag. She gave her friend Bailey some marbles. She now has 14 marbles. How many marbles did she give to her friend Bailey?
What is 8 marbles
500
Students read 3 chapters a day for two weeks. How many chapters did each student read in all?
What is 42 chapters
500

Joshua's parents bought a house that cost $395,276 and Tammy's parents bought a house that cost $145,988. How much do their houses cost altogether?

What is $541,264

500

Isaiah bought 2 new calendars. How many months would they be good for?

24 months

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