Addition or Subtraction
Addition or Subtraction Word Problems
Rounding
Rounding to the Nearest Sum or Difference
TWP
100

542+338

880

100

A sea turtle lays 615 eggs in the sand and buries them. 522 eggs hatch after 60 days. How many eggs are left in the sand?

93

100

Round 46 to the nearest ten.

50

100

In one month a furniture store sold 662 plastic chairs and 491 wooden chairs. To the nearest ten, about how many more plastic chair did the store sell compared to wooden chairs?

170

100

Kailyn went to the movies with her Mom, Dad and 2 younger sisters. Adult tickets cost $10 each and children tickets cost $5. How much did Kailyn’s family spend to go to the movies?

$35

200

374+376

750

200

A market sells 476 apples in one week and 342 apples the next week. How many apples have been sold?

818

200

Round 689 to the nearest hundred.

700

200

A school had 275 red pens and 502 blue pens. To the nearest hundred, how many pens did they have total?

800

200

I danced for a total of 12 hours yesterday and 3 hours today. I took a break after every 3 hours. How many breaks did I take?

5

300

798+699

1,497

300

Captain is going on a road trip. He travels 385 miles and then another 256 miles before arriving back home. How far was his trip?

641

300

Round 432 to the nearest ten.

430

300

A farmer was planting seeds in a garden. He planted 681 radish seeds and 151 turnip seeds. To the nearest ten, how many seeds did he plant total?

830

300

Sarah had one package of crayons that had 48 crayons in it. She got three more packages of crayons that had 12 crayons in each them. How many crayons does Sarah have in all?

84

400

982-694

288

400

In the year 2021, Mrs. Salman turned 89 years old. What year was she born?

1,932

400

Round 155 to the nearest hundred.

200

400

There are 1487 students at Hidden Valley Elementary School. For lunch, 936 students selected chocolate milk and and the rest chose regular white milk. To the nearest hundred, about how many students chose regular milk?

600

400

Julie climbed 15 steps up to the giant slide. She climbed down 6 steps to talk to her friend. Then she climbed up 8 steps to get to the top. How many steps does the slide have?

19

500

The difference between 701-394

307

500

In a reading competition, Tyger reads 627 pages, Captain reads 485 pages and Flame reads 873 pages. How many pages did the three of them read in total?

1,985

500

Round 999 to the nearest ten.

1,000

500

The classes in the fourth grade were counting the fundraiser money they earned. Mr. Smith's Class earned 309 dollars and Mrs. White's class earned 793 dollars. To the nearest hundred, how much did they earn total?

1,100

500

Aiden bought three packs of gum with 6 sticks of gum in each pack. Ella bought 5 packs of gum with eight sticks of gum in each pack. How much more gum did Ella buy than Aiden?

22