Addition & Subtraction
Word Problems
Word Problems
Tanya drove 287 miles on the first day of her trip. She drove 294 miles on the second day. About how far did she drive on these two days?
Tanya drove 581 miles on those two days.
137 + 48 + 63 = __
248
Carol made 5 pizzas. She cut them into 8 slices each. How many slices of pizza did she make?
Carol made 40 slices of pizza.
58 x 2
116
Joel collected 4352 stamps. He had 469 fewer stamps than Mark. How many stamps did Mark collect?
After the swim meet, Shamal had 58 ribbons. She won 2 first-place ribbons and 3 second-place ribbons at the meet. How many ribbons did she have before the swim meet?
Shamal had 53 ribbons.
488 + 356 = __
844
Russ needs to replace the glass panes in a large window. There are 9 rows of panes in the window. Each row has 6 panes. How many panes of glass should Russ buy?
Russ needs to buy 54 panes of glass.
237 ÷ 6 = __
39 R3
John decided to read a 400-page book. On the first day, he read 84 pages. On the second day, he read 107 pages. How many pages does John still have to read?
John still has to read 209 pages.
998 + 703 = __
1,701
A hotel has 7 floors. If there are 35 standard rooms on each floor, how many standard rooms are there?
There are 245 standard rooms.
684 x 7
4,788
After buying five coloring books that cost $7 each, Mary had $8.50 left. How much money did she have at first?
Mary started with $43.50.
Inez bought 15 pizzas for the party. There were 7 more pepperoni pizzas than cheese pizzas. How many of each kind of pizzas did Inez buy?
*Use guess & check if you're stuck!*
Inez bought 7 pepperoni pizzas and 8 cheese pizzas.
705 - 399 = __
306
119 children got into teams of 4. How many teams of 4 can they make? How many children will not be in a team of 4?
They can make 29 teams of 4, and there will be 3 children left.
6,121 x 3 = __
18,363
Adam had 568 postcards and his sister, Sue, had 384 postcards. Adam gave his sister some postcards so they now have the same number. How many postcards do each of them have now?
They each have 476 postcards.
Antoine has 154 books in his collection. He got 27 books at a sale last year. His sister gave him 16 books this year. How many books did Antoine have in his collection before the book sale?
Antoine had 111 books in his collection before the book sale.
187 - 98 = __
89
621 ÷ 3
207
Mr. Levoko has 7 bags of 126 coins each. He transfers all the coins into 3 bigger bags. How many coins will each bigger bag contain?
Each bigger bag will contain 294 coins.