Word Problem 1
Leslie’s grandmother makes scarves. She made 35 in October, 54 in November, and 72 in December. How many scarves did she make in all three months?
161 scarves
The PTA was having a bake sale. They sold 43 chocolate chip cookies, 87 peanut butter cookies, and 71 sugar cookies. How many total cookies did they sell?
201 cookies
The librarian was shelving new books that arrived in the library. She put 55 new books on the shelves on Monday. She added another 62 books on Tuesday and 43 on Wednesday. How many new books did she put on the shelves altogether?
160 new books
Matthew was earning money raking leaves. He earned $30 from Mrs. Jones. He earned $42 from Mr. McGregor, and he earned $27 from Mr. Clark. How much money did Matthew earn raking leaves?
$99
Mr. Brown was digging sweet potatoes. The first basket held 37 sweet potatoes, The second basket had 48 sweet potatoes, and the third basket had 52 sweet potatoes. He then added 5 more potatoes to the first basket. How many sweet potatoes did Mr. Brown dig altogether?
142 sweet potatoes
Abby has 325 stickers. She received 268 more stickers for her birthday. Her brother got into them and tore some of them up. When she counted them she only had 408 left. How many stickers did he tear up?
185 stickers
Ms. Wall read 158 pages of her book on Monday. On Tuesday she read 79 pages in her book. If her book has 433 pages total, how many more pages does she need to read to finish her book?
196 pages
Mrs. Miller went to the grocery store with $20 to buy a gallon of milk for $2 and a pack of chicken for $8. How much money will she have left after she pays for her groceries?
$10
Ethan is selling tickets for the raffle. His goal is to sell 500 tickets. If he sells 187 tickets on Monday, and 98 tickets on Tuesday, how many more tickets does he need to sell to meet his goal?
215 tickets
During the first half of the game, the Ohio State Buckeyes scored 7 points in the first quarter, and 24 points in the second quarter. If they won the game with 42 total points, how many more points did they earn by the end of the game?
11 more points
The circus clown blew up 75 blue balloons and 87 green balloons. Two of the blue balloons popped and 3 green balloons flew away. How many balloons are left?
157 baloons
The photographer took 109 pictures at the mountains and 212 pictures at the beach. When he printed the pictures, 14 of the pictures did not turn out correctly and 13 were dropped in water. How many pictures were not ruined?
294 pictures
The drink man brought can drinks to put in the drink machine. He put 25 Pepsi drinks, 31 Mountain Dew drinks, and seventeen 7-Up drinks. Twelve of the drink cans were damaged and could not be used. How many can drinks could he put in the drink machine?
61 can drinks
The baker made 48 chocolate cupcakes, 36 vanilla cupcakes, and 12 strawberry cupcakes. He did not have enough frosting for 6 of the cupcakes. How many cupcakes did have frosting?
90 cupcakes
The teacher was grading papers. She graded 17 math papers, 16 science papers, and 18 reading papers. However, 8 papers did not have a name on it. How many papers had a name on the paper?
43 papers
Whitney, Samantha and Amanda went shopping. Each person had $9 dollars with them. If they wanted to buy a table for $50, how much more money will they need?
23 dollars
Five boys built 8 bookshelves each. If they sold 27 bookshelves, how many bookshelves are left?
Nine students made baked goods for a fundraiser. They each made 10 items. If they sold 86 baked goods, how many baked goods do they have left?
4 baked goods
Five friends went to the movies. They each brought $20. They spent a total of $83 on the movie, popcorn, drinks and candy. How much money do they have left?
$17
George is packing books into boxes to store them. He already packed 4 boxes with 6 books in each box. George still has 200 books to pack. How many books does George have in all?
224 books
Julia, Karen, and Leslie each had 12 outfits to give away. If they give the same number of outfits to 6 girls, how many outfits will each girl receive?
6 outfits
Ms. Shank has 38 tickets to award. Mrs. Adams has 22 tickets to award. If the same number of tickets were awarded to 5 students, how many tickets did each student receive?
12 tickets
Isabel made 29 headbands. Rosalie made 27 headbands. Eight people bought the same number of headbands. How many headbands did each person buy?
7 headbands
Joseph had 12 model planes. Fred had 23 model planes. If they sold 5 planes to each person who bought them, how many people bought model planes?
7 people
Jack, Gavin, Abi and Jayden each built 10 bird houses. If they set up 5 birdhouses at each park, how many parks can they set up birdhouses?
8 parks