Addition and subtraction word problems
There were 20 cars in the parking lot. 11 of the cars were red, and the rest were green.
how many cars were green.
9
Ares is making 14 jars of honey peanut butter. He wants to use 45 milliliters (mL) of honey in each jar.
How much honey (mL) will Ares use in all?
630
The oven temperature was at 325 degrees because my mom just finished baking a pie. I increased the temperature 75 degrees so I could bake a pizza. After the pizza was cooked, I turned off the oven. The oven cooled to the room temperature of 68 degrees.
How much did the temperature decrease?
332
2.2 x 5
11
72 divided by 8
9
Milan has collected 363 shells so far. He wants to collect 581 shells in all.
How many more shells does Milan want?
218
Kira unravels a shirt to get blue thread. From each centimeter (cm) of the shirt, Kira gets 231cm of thread. She unravels 7cm of the shirt.
How much thread does Kira get?
1,617
Our skating club is going on a field trip. To cover the cost of the trip we are collecting $8 from each of the 9 members of the club. We also raised $178 at a car wash.
How much money have we raised for our trip all together?
250
1.1 x 3.5
3.85
112 divided by 2
56
Aria played two strings on her guitar. The first string waved 330 times and the second string waved 257 more times than the first string.
How many times did the second string wave?
587
Nissa is going to plant 485 trees this year.
If Nissa plants 5 orchards of trees, how many trees will be in each orchard?
(Assume each orchard has the same number of trees.)
97
I had 42 ounces of rice. On Monday I bought 58 more ounces of rice. Then I divided all the rice into 10 equal-sized portions for dinner with friends.
How many ounces of rice were in each portion?
10
4.8 x 3.7
17.76
270 divided by 15
18
The table shows how many times each child hopped in a relay.
Brady 73
Gage 62
Jenny 92
How many times did Brady and Jenny hop in all?
165
Varian rides a horse. Gelbin rides a rocket-powered robo-ostrich. Gelbin's ostrich ran 4,828 meters (m), which is 2 times as far as Varian's horse.
How far did Varian's horse run?
2,414
My book is 79 pages. I have been reading 10 pages each day. There are 9 pages left to read.
How many days have I been reading the book?
7
9.9 x 5.2
51.48
1,183 divided by 13
91
The table gives the numbers of kinds of insects Levi knows.
Beetles 117
Butterflies 877
Moths 443
How many more kinds of butterflies than moths does Levi know?
434
Skylar has 4 times as many books as Karen.
If Skylar has 164 books, how many books does Karen have?
41
I used 9 sheets of toilet paper each day for 7 days. The roll had 96 sheets when it was new.
How many sheets of toilet paper have not been used?
33
7.3 x 8.6
62.78
3,852 divided by 12
321