Word Problems
Trent has 29 more toy cars than Bill. Trent has 72 toy cars. How many toy cars does Bill have?
72-29=43 toy cars
Lacie buys 28 peaches. She gives 12 to Ted. Then she buys 15 more. How many peaches does Lacie have now?
28-12=16
16+15=31 peaches
4+8=19-__
A game has 19 more red cards than blue cards. The game has 43 red cards. How many blue cards does the game have?
43-19=24 blue cards
Craig scores 27 points. Next, he scores 33 points. Then he loses 14 points. How many points does Craig have now?
27+33=60
60-14=46 points
__+7=12+2
7
A store has some rings. Then 34 rings are sold. Now the store has 47 rings. How many rings did the store have at first?
?-34=47
47+34=81 rings
Jess had 16 white eggs and 13 brown eggs. She broke some eggs and was left with 18 eggs to sell. How many eggs did she break?
16+13=29
29-?=18
29-18=11 eggs
15+__=10+8
3
A store has 52 juice boxes. Then some juice boxes are sold. Now the store has 35 juice boxes. How many juice boxes were sold?
52-?=35
52-35=17 juice boxes
There are 36 raspberries and 24 blueberries in the fruit salad. Ben eats some. Now there are 45 berries left. How many berries did Ben eat?
36+24=60
60-?=45
60-45=15 berries
13+7+__=27+8
15
Shane has 27 more cards than Tom. Shane has 62 cards. How many cards does Tom have?
62-27=35 cards
Joy needs 99 coats for children in need. She gets 54 coats from her school. She get 22 coats from friends. How many more coats does Joy need?
54+22=76
99-76=23 coats
4+13+10=___-13
40