Addition/Subtraction Word Problems
Joey has 17 eggs at home. He goes to the farmers market and buys 43 more. How many eggs does he have now?
60 eggs
3 x 5 =
15
Sheila has 3 nickels, 2 dimes, and 7 pennies. How much money does she have?
42 cents
Susie bought 80 pencils for her students. Her students used 36. How many pencils does Susie have left for her class?
44 pencils left
30 divided by 6
5
Ben has 10 pennies and 5 quarters. How much money does he have?
$1.35
Brad had to bake 24 brownies for a bake sale. On Monday, he baked 10 brownies. On Tuesday, he baked 8 brownies. How many more brownies does Brad have to bake?
6 more brownies
45 divided by 9
5
Max went to the store with a 5 dollar bill. He bought a notebook for $2.45. How much change should Max receive?
$2.55
Mr. Gomez is taking his students to the zoo. The tickets cost $212. He also spent $115 on lunch. If he brought $400 with him, how much money does he have left over?
73
Mel worked 7 hours at Red Lobster for her shift. She made 8 dollars an hour. How much money did she make?
$56
Lisa bought a carton of milk for $1.50 and a bag of oranges for $3.26. What was her total?
$4.76
At a school concert, the school raised $1,728 in ticket sales. They also sold $435 in programs. If the programs cost $123 for the school to make, how much money did they raise in the end?
$2,040
Andrew had 24 race cars. He wanted to store them away into boxes, but only 4 race cars could fit in each box. How many boxes does he need to put away all of his race cars?
6 boxes
Show me 3 ways to represent the amount: $2.78