Multi-digit Addition & Subtraction
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Word Problems
100

Becky owns 225 books and Randy owns 444 books. About how many books do they have in all?

669 or about 600

100

There are 500 seats in a movie theater. There are 362 people sitting in the seats. How many seats are empty?

138

100

Olivia and Miles were selling tickets to the fall carnival at their school. They sold 338 tickets on Wednesday, and 176 tickets on Friday. How many more tickets were sold on Wednesday than Friday?

162 more tickets

200

There are 551 marbles in a bucket. Amy placed 238 more marbles in the bucket. About how many marbles are now in the bucket?

789

200

Which number does not belong in the pattern below?

6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 43, 48, 54


43

200

Cayson and Clark were counting pieces of candy corn while they filled their jar.  After putting in 742 pieces of candy, they then decided to put 228 pieces of candy corn into the jar. How many pieces of candy corn did they put in the jar? 

970 pieces of candy corn

300

Cole picked 827 oranges and Margaret picked 195 apples in an orchard. Estimate how many fruits Cole and Margaret picked together.

1,000

300

Sam's goal is to walk 36 miles.

-he walks 4 miles each day

-he has walked for 6 days

What equation can be used to figure out how many more miles, n, Sam still needs to walk to reach his goal?

A) 3x5+n=36

B) 4x6+n=36

C) 4x6xn=36

D) 9x4+n=36

B

300

Marlene has 24 crayons. She puts an equal number into 3 boxes. How many crayons does Marlene put in each box?

8 crayons

400

A school collects canned food for charity.

-the 3rd grade collects 327 cans

-3rd graders collected 138 more cans than 4th graders

How many cans did the 4th grade collect?

189 cans

400

Which answer choice shows two correct ways to arrange 21 pennies in equal rows?

A) 2 rows of 1, or 1 row of 2

B) 7 rows of 3, or 3 rows of 7

C) 8 rows of 3, or 3 rows of 8

D) 20 rows of 1, or 1 row of 20

B

400

Xavier had 134 text messages on his phone. He received 64 new text messages on Monday. He deleted 23 of them. How many messages does he have now?

175 messages

500

George and Macy were selling tickets to the fall festival, they need to sell 800 tickets. 

  • 425 tickets were sold last week 

  • 303 tickets were sold this week 

How many more tickets do they have left to sell?

72 tickets

500

Jasmine wrote 2 pages in her journal every day for 7 days. Her journal has 32 total pages. How many pages does Jasmine have left to write before her journal will be full?

18 pages

500

Yari  made 180 chocolate chip muffins. Dinah made 67 fewer chocolate chip muffins than Yari. How many chocolate chip muffins did they make altogether?

293 muffins

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