Addition Word Problems
Carl and Graham went fishing. Carl caught 32 fish. Graham caught 27 fish. How many fish did Carl and Graham catch in all?
59 fish
Meagan is 19 years old. Her brother is 13 years old. How much older is Meagan than her brother?
6 years
A piece of felt measures 8 inches by 5 inches. What is the area of the piece of felt in square inches?
40
35 divided by 5
7
There are 18 white flowers growing in the flower bed. There are 25 gold flowers growing in the flower bed. How many flowers are growing in the flower bed?
43
Charles was gathering rocks. He found 19 smooth, round rocks. He found 29 brown rocks. How many rocks did Charles find?
48 rocks
507 - 294 =
213
A machine can make 6 doohickeys every hour. How many can it make in 8 hours?
48
60 divided by 10
6
324 + 577 =
901
Dean bought 27 cherry candies. Dean bought 32 butterscotch candies. He also bought 16 peppermint candies. How many candies did Dean buy?
75 candies
920 - 50 =
870
Joshua is stacking blocks on the floor. Joshua has made 4 stacks of 9 blocks each. How many blocks are there altogether?
36
24 divided by 6
4
1,243 + 321 =
1,564
Kurt worked 21 hours last week. He worked 44 hours the week before. How many hours did he work those two weeks?
65 hours
378 - 259 =
119
Austin is building a tower out of blocks. If one block is 6 inches tall, and the tower is 8 blocks high, how many inches tall is the tower?
48
80 divided by 8
10
3 x 30
90
Paige brought home 37 pieces of firewood in her pickup truck. Then she went back and got 36 more. How many pieces of firewood did Paige get altogether?
73 pieces of wood
Brett also works at the pet store. He put 418 dog toys on the shelves. Soon, there were only 209 left. How many dog toys did customers buy?
209 dog toys
Faith can ride a bike 5 miles every hour. How far can Faith ride a bike in 4 hours?
20
36 divided by 6
6
12 x 8
96