Add/Subtract - One Step
Ned rode his bike 7 miles to the library.
He took a shortcut on the way home which was only 5 miles long.
How many miles did Ned ride altogether?
12 miles
Anna's team scored 5 runs in the first inning of the kickball game.
They scored 6 more runs in the second inning and 3 runs in the last inning.
How many runs did Anna's team score in all?
14 runs
Greg and Peter bought a large pizza to share.
Greg ate 5/8 of the pizza.
What fraction of the pizza was left for Peter?
3/8
Dean had 30 toy whistles.
He gave 2 whistles to each of his 6 friends.
How many whistles did Dean have left?
18 whistles
A square has a perimeter of 24 inches.
What is the area of the square?
36 square inches or 36 in2
Anne ate 6 cookies.
Samantha ate 4 more cookies than Anne.
How many cookies did Samantha eat?
10 cookies
18 children were going to run a race in the park.
6 children left to get a drink of water.
5 left to play on the swings.
How many children stayed for the race?
7 children
Amy spent 4/9 of her money and saved the rest.
What fraction of her money did Amy save?
5/9
I have 45 cents in nickels.
A nickel weighs 3 grams.
What is the total weight of my nickels?
27 grams
A square kitchen has an area of 100 square feet.
What is the kitchen’s perimeter?
40 feet
Henry gave 5 stickers to his younger brother.
Now he only has 9 stickers.
How many stickers did Henry have at first?
14 stickers
6 children were jumping rope.
5 children joined them.
2 children left because the line was too long.
How many children were jumping rope then?
9 children
Mrs. Bloom baked a cake.
She ate 1/12 of the cake and gave 7/12 of the cake to her neighbor.
What fraction of the cake was left?
4/12
Evan and Brin are building a wall with blocks.
Evan's wall was 3 blocks high and 6 blocks long.
Brin's wall is 5 blocks high and 4 blocks long.
How many more blocks did Brin use?
2 blocks
The length of a rectangular field is 75 meters.
Its width is 15 meters.
Sofie ran around the track 3 times.
How far did she run?
540 meters
Derek and Larry have 15 books together.
6 of the books belong to Derek.
How many books does Larry have?
9 books
Julie climbed 15 steps up the giant slide.
She climbed down 6 steps to talk to her friend, Maria.
Then she climbed up 8 steps to get to the top.
How many steps does the slide have?
17 steps
There are usually 30 students in Mrs. Wagner's 3rd-grade class.
1/5 of the students are absent.
How many students were in class?
24 students in class
Red blocks weigh three times as heavy as blue blocks.
There are 5 red blocks on one side of a seesaw.
How many blue blocks are needed to balance the seesaw?
15 blue blocks
The area of square photo is 25 square inches.
Angie decided to enlarge the photo by doubling the sides.
What will the new area be?
100 square inches
Angela had 8 computer games.
She got 3 more for her birthday.
How many computer games did Angela have then?
11 computer games
There were 17 balls on the playground.
5 were soccer balls and 8 were basketballs.
The rest were kickballs.
How many kickballs were there?
4 kickballs
Monica and Ryan shared 18 cookies.
Monica ate 1/6 of the cookies.
Ryan ate 1/3 of the cookies.
How many cookies were left?
9 cookies
Alexa has 92 cents in her pocket.
She wants to buy 3 pencils at the school supply store.
Each pencil costs 8 cents.
How much money will Alexa have left?
68 cents
Molly and Ted built pens for their dogs.
Molly made a pen 12 meters by 8 meters.
Ted's pen is 15 meters by 6 meters.
Who will need more fencing to build the pen?
Ted