3 digit addition or subtraction
653-199=
454
Jackson had some marbles. He got 3 more for his birthday. Now he has 11 marbles. How many marbles did he have at first? Write an equation that MATCHES the story and solve.
__ + 3 = 11
8 marbles
Cece had some goldfish with her lunch. She ate 16 of them and now there are 11 goldfish on her plate. How many goldfish did she have in her lunch at first? Write an equation that matches the story and solve.
___-16 = 11
27 goldfish
Kaleb and Maddox were having a jumping contest. Kaleb jumped 11 inches. Maddox jumped 9 more inches than Kaleb. How many inches did Maddox jump?
20 inches
908-610=
298
Matilda had some cookies. She ate 4 of the. Now she has 15 cookies. How many cookies did she have at first? Write an equation that MATCHES the story and solve.
__ - 4 = 15
19 cookies
Hugo had a few sticks to make a fire with to roast marshmallows. He went in his backyard and picked up 18 more sticks. Now he has 23 sticks to make his fire with. How many sticks did he start with? Write an equation that matches the story and solve.
__+18= 23
5 sticks
Nicolas and Roberto were in the sack race at the fair. It took Nicolas 14 seconds longer than Roberto to reach the finish line. It look Roberto 15 seconds to finish the race. How long did it take Nicolas to finish the race?
29 seconds
140+390=
530
Nathan likes collecting rocks. He found 11 rocks on a walk. Now there are 23 rocks in his collection. How many rocks did Nathan have before his walk?
___ + 11 = 23
12 rocks
Anusha made Valentines for her class. She passed 5 of them out on the bus before school. Now she has 16 Valentines left to pass out. How many Valentines did she make? Write an equation that matches the story and solve.
___-5 = 16
21 Valentines
Grey and Gerzon were making popcorn for a movie night. Grey made 12 fewer bags of popcorn than Gerzon. Gerzon made 25 bags of popcorn. How much popcorn did Grey make?
13 bags of popcorn
504+____=705
201
Benton had a bunch of word searches. On Saturday he solved 6 of them. Now he has 18 left to solve. How many word searches did he start with? Write an equation that matches the story and solve.
____ - 6 = 18
24 crossword puzzles
Sharon had some board games on her shelf in her room. For her birthday, she got 19 more board games. Now there are 36 board games on her shelf. How many games did she get for her birthday? Write an equation that matches the story and solve.
__+19 = 36
17 board games
Benjamin and Brayden were having a rock throwing contest. Benjamin's rock landed 17 feet away. Brayden's rock made it 16 inches further than Benjamin's. How many feet away did Brayden's rock land?
33 feet
____+201=611
410
Jael likes to make cupcakes. She made some for the class. Her big sister ate 14 of them. Now there are 27 cupcakes left for the class. How many cupcakes did Jael make? Write an equation that matches the story and solve.
__ - 14 = 27
41 cupcakes
Oscar and Liam were making paper airplanes. They gave Victor 9 of their planes. Oscar and Liam had 37 planes left. How many planes did they make? Write an equation that matches the story and solve.
___-9=37
46 planes
Julie and Michelle were making towers with pop cubes during indoor recess. Julie's tower was 24 cubes tall and Michelle's tower was 16 cubes tall. How much taller was Julie's tower than Michelle's?
8 cubes taller