Math Word Problems

One Step Word Problems 1

100

Madison had 38 crayons in her box. Her best friend gave her 24 more. How many crayons does she have now?

62

200

Miss Neal's class read 62 books. Mr. Ludgood's class read 14 books. Mrs. Errington's class read 16 books. How many books did the second grade read all together?

92

300

Evan has 89 summer reading books. Dina has 75 summer reading books. How many summer reading books do they have all together?

164

400

There are some birds in a tree. Then 13 more birds flew into the tree. Now there are 21 birds in the tree. Write a number sentence to show this problem.

_____ + 13 = 21

500

Yesterday, the Pizza Palace sold 45 sodas. Today it sold 94 sodas. How many fewer sodas did the Pizza Palace sell yesterday than today?

49

Two Step Word Problems 1

100

Ashley has 47 cookies. Molly has 23 cookies.  They gave away 30 cookies.  How many cookies do they have left?

40

200

Polly has 42 blue fish and 28 yellow fish in her fish tank. She gave away 21 fish to her friend.  How many fish does she have left?

49

300

George has 34 baseball cards.  His Mom bought him 25 more baseball cards.  George's brother stole 23 of his cards.  How many cards does he have left?

36

400

Jordan has 57 toy cars. He gave away 23 of them.  Then his Mom bought him 36 new toy cars.  How many does he have now?

70

500

Mrs. Shaw wants to sell 100 tickets to the variety show. On Monday she sold 20 and on Tuesday she sold 32. How many more tickets will she need to sell if she wants to sell 100?

48

Mystery Word Problems

100

Tom has 42 toy cars. Matt has 39 toy cars. How many toy cars do they have all together?

81

200

Miss Glenn bought 84 pencils. She passed out 47 of them to her students and she gave 23 of them to her family. How many pencils does she have left?

14

300

Emily had 76 silly bands. Her friend gave her some more silly bands. Now she has 97 silly bands. How many silly bands did her friend give her?

21

400

Kim scored 30 points in a basketball game. Adam scored 10 fewer points than Kim. How many points did Adam score?

20

500

A class needs 100 stars to have a pizza party. The class earned 27 stars in March and 32 stars in April. How many more stars will they need to earn their pizza party?

41

One Step Word Problems 2

100

Alexis had 53 cookies. She ate 20 of them. How many cookies does Alexis have lef?

33

200

Sara has 82 magazines. She gave some to her sister. Now she has 45 magazines. How many magazines did she give to her sister?

37

300

There are 38 children on a bus. Some more people get on the bus. Now there are 100 people on the bus. How many people got on the bus?

62

400

Tim has 19 markers. Dave has 6 more markers than Tim. Write a number sentence that shows how many markers Dave has.

19 + 6 = _____

500

The band wants to sell 100 tickets to the concert. They sold 54. How many more tickets will they need to sell?

46

Two Step Word Problems 2

100

Max made 89 cupcakes. His family ate 60 cupcakes.  His friends ate 14 cupcakes. How many cupcakes does he have now?

15

200

The second grade class had 93 candy bars. They sold 70.  One student snuck 4 candy bars in their pocket.  How many candy bars are left?

9

300

There were some students on the bus.  12 students got off at Midland Street School and 16 students got off at Flagg Street School.  There are now 10 students on the bus.  How many students were on the bus at first?

38

400

What operation uses words like sum, more, buy, and all together.

addition or plus

500

PJ has $87.  He bought a cheeseburger for $18 and he bought a large chocolate milk for $13.  How much money does he have left?

$56