Single-Step Addition & Subtraction
Emma read 347 pages last week and 289 pages this week.
How many pages did she read in total?
Answer: 636 pages
There are 24 students in each class.
How many students are in 7 classes?
Answer: 168 students
A teacher has 144 markers and wants to share them equally among 9 groups.
How many markers are in each group?
Answer: 16 markers
A store sold 8 boxes of apples with 24 apples in each box.
Later, they sold 35 more apples.
How many apples were sold total?
Answer: 227 apples
(8 × 24 = 192; 192 + 35 = 227)
360 pencils are shared equally among 8 classrooms.
Each classroom puts the pencils into boxes that hold 9 pencils each.
How many boxes does each classroom need?
Answer: 5 boxes
(360 ÷ 8 = 45; 45 ÷ 9 = 5)
A school collected 1,250 cans of food. They donated 478 cans.
How many cans are left?
Answer: 772 cans
A farmer plants 36 trees in each row.
If there are 8 rows, how many trees are planted?
Answer: 288 trees
450 students are going on a field trip using 9 buses.
How many students ride each bus?
Answer: 50 students
A playground had 368 children in the morning and 479 more arrived later.
Then 215 children left.
How many children are there now?
Answer: 632 children
A book costs $12.
Sarah buys 4 books and pays with a $100 bill.
How much change does she receive?
Answer: $52
A baker baked 925 muffins and sold 368 of them.
How many muffins remain?
Answer: 557 muffins
Movie tickets cost $9 each.
How much do 6 tickets cost?
Answer: $54
A library received 720 new books and placed them equally on 8 shelves.
How many books are on each shelf?
Answer: 90 books
A factory produces 125 toys each day for 6 days.
If 230 toys are sold, how many toys remain?
Answer: 520 toys
A school orders 15 packs of notebooks with 24 notebooks in each pack.
They give away 172 notebooks.
Then they buy 48 more notebooks.
How many notebooks does the school have now?
Answer: 236 notebooks
Marcus saved $285 in June and $416 in July.
How much money did he save in all?
Answer: $701
A box holds 15 pencils.
How many pencils are in 12 boxes?
Answer: 180 pencils
A rope is 60 feet long and is cut into 5 equal pieces.
How long is each piece?
Answer: 12 feet
A baker makes 240 cookies and packs them equally into 6 containers.
Then she bakes 45 more cookies.
How many cookies does she have in total?
Answer: 285 cookies
A track team runs 12 laps each day for 5 days.
If each lap is 400 meters, how many meters did the team run total?
Answer: 24,000 meters