Additive and Subtraction Comparison Problems
Sarah has 18 apples. Tom has 12 apples. How many more apples does Sarah have than Tom?
Answer: 6 apples
Ben has 4 marbles. Mia has 3 times as many marbles. How many marbles does Mia have?
Answer: 12 marbles
There are 20 apples. They are shared equally among 4 friends. How many apples does each friend get?
Answer: 5 apples
A toy costs $5. A video game costs 8 times as much. How much more does the video game cost than the toy?
Answer: $35 more
Each box holds 6 pencils. A teacher buys 4 boxes. She gives 12 pencils to students. How many pencils does she still have?
12
A box has 45 pencils. A second box has 28 pencils. How many fewer pencils are in the second box?
Answer: 17 pencils
A chair costs $15. A table costs 6 times as much. How much does the table cost?
A chair costs $15. A table costs 6 times as much. How much does the table cost?
A farmer has 56 eggs. He puts them into cartons of 8 eggs each. How many cartons can he fill?
Answer: 7 cartons
Lucy has 18 stickers. Emma has 3 times as many stickers as Lucy. How many more stickers does Emma have than Lucy?
Answer: 36 more
There are 5 baskets. Each basket has 8 apples. The apples are shared equally among 10 students. How many apples does each student get?
4
The zoo has 72 birds and 55 reptiles. How many more birds than reptiles are at the zoo?
Answer: 17 animals
One box holds 24 books. The school library has 7 times as many books as one box. How many books does the library have?
Answer: 168 books
A bus carries 72 students. Each row seats 6 students. How many rows are there?
Answer: 12 rows
There are 48 chairs in the gym. That is 16 fewer than in the cafeteria. How many chairs are in the cafeteria?
Answer: 64 chairs
A farmer has 9 crates of oranges. Each crate has 25 oranges. He sells 75 oranges at the market. How many oranges does he have left?
150
Maria read 96 pages of her book, while John read 124 pages. How many fewer pages did Maria read?
Answer: 28 pages
A baker makes 18 cupcakes each day. After 12 days, how many cupcakes has he made in total?
Answer: 216 cupcakes
A store sold 144 candies. If each customer bought 12 candies, how many customers bought candy?
Answer: 12 customers
A school bus carries 54 kids. That is 3 times as many kids as a van carries. How many kids does the van carry?
A school bus carries 54 kids. That is 3 times as many kids as a van carries. How many kids does the van carry?
A school bus has 18 rows of seats. Each row has 4 seats. After 52 students sit down, how many seats are still empty?
20
A factory made 2,548 toys in January and 2,983 toys in February. How many more toys did they make in February than January?
A factory made 2,548 toys in January and 2,983 toys in February. How many more toys did they make in February than January?
A toy weighs 325 grams. A bicycle weighs 9 times as much. How much does the bicycle weigh?
Answer: 2,925 grams
A rope is 2,736 cm long. It is cut into pieces 24 cm each. How many pieces are there?
Answer: 114 pieces
The library has 1,248 books. That is 312 more than the classroom has. How many books does the classroom have?
Answer: 936 books
A theater has 24 rows with 15 seats in each row. 270 people buy tickets and sit down. How many empty seats remain in the theater?
90