Word Problems
Madison had 38 crayons in her box. Her best friend gave her 24 more. How many crayons does she have now?
38 + 24 = 62
Ashley has 47 cookies. Her friend has 23 cookies. How many cookies do they have all together?
47 + 23
Tom has 42 toy cars. Matt has 39 toy cars. How many toy cars do they have all together?
42 + 39 =81
Alexis had 53 cookies. She ate 20 of them. How many cookies does Alexis have left?
draw 53 dots - circle 20 of them and show them going away with an arrow
Tim has 19 markers. Dave has 6 more markers than Tim. Write a number sentence that shows how many markers Dave has.
19 + 6 = _____
19 + 6 = _____
Miss Ferreira's class read 12 books. Mr. MacKenzie's class read 14 books. Ms. B's class read 11 books. How many books did the second grade read all together?
12 + 14 + 11 = 37
Dr. Prout has 105 blue and yellow fish in her fish tank. She has 87 yellow fish. How many blue fish does she have?
105 - 87
Miss Glenn bought 84 pencils. She passed out 47 of them. How many pencils does she have left?
84 - 47 = 37
Sara has 12 magazines. She gave some to her sister. Now she has 9 magazines. How many magazines does she have left?
draw 12 dots - circle 3 and show them going away with an arrow
The second grade class had 14 candy bars. They sold 7. How many candy bars do they have left?
14 - 7 = ____ +/- _____
14 - 7 = ____ +/- _____
Evan has 80 summer reading books. Dina has 15 summer reading books. How many summer reading books do they have all together?
80 + 15 = 95
George has some baseball cards. Frank gave him 89 more baseball cards. Now he has 115 cards. How many baseball cards did George have to start with?
115 - 89
Emily had 16 silly bands. Her friend gave her some more silly bands. Now she has 60 silly bands. How many silly bands did her friend give her?
60 - 16 = 44
There are 18 children on a bus. Some more people get on the bus. Now there are 34 people on the bus. How many people got on the bus?
draw 34 dots- circle 18 and show them going away with an arrow
7 + 0 = _______
7 + 0 = two things that add together to get 7
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.
21 - 13 = 8
Jordan has 57 toy cars. Dina has 23 toy cars. How many MORE toy cars does Jordan have than Dina?
57 - 23
Kim scored 30 points in a basketball game. Adam scored 10 fewer points than Kim. How many points did Adam score?
30 - 10 = 20
Tim has 20 markers. Dave gives him 6 more markers. how many markers does Tim have now?
Draw 20 dots in one circle and 6 in another. Draw them going to a bigger circle with arrows
9 + 6 = ____ + 5
9 + 6 = 10 + 5
Yesterday, the Pizza Palace sold 20 sodas. Today it sold 14 sodas. How many sodas did the Pizza Palace sell altogether?
20 + 14 = 34
Mrs. Shaw wants to sell 100 tickets to the variety show. On Monday she sold 20, How many more tickets will she need to sell if she wants to sell 100?
100 - 20
A class needs 100 stars to have a pizza party. The class earned 32 stars in April. How many more stars will they need to earn their pizza party?
100 - 32 = 68
The band wants to sell 20 tickets to the concert. They sold 15. How many more tickets will they need to sell?
draw 20 dots - circle 15 of them and show them going away with an arrow
___ + 9 = 10 + 3
4 + 9 = 10 + 3