Addition Word Problems
Mary picked 42 oranges and Fred picked 37 oranges from the orchard. How many oranges were picked in all?
79 oranges
Alice is a school janitor. Last week, she picked up a total of 77 pieces of trash. If she picked up 21 pieces of trash in the classrooms, how many pieces of trash did Alice pick up outside the classrooms?
56 pieces of trash
16 kids rode their bikes to the park to play. Then 18 kids walked to the park to play. 21 kids came with their parents to the park to play.
How many total kids are now playing at the park?
55 kids
Benny has 139 red and 208 blue marbles. How many marbles does Benny have in all ?
347 marbles
Alderman Elementary cafeteria goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 718 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 242 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have?
476 grams of regular peanut butter
112 people are riding on the train. At the first stop, 34 people get off. At the second stop, 21 people get on the train.
How many people are on the train after the second stop?
99 people
A large company is having a meeting. On Monday, 527 people signed up. On Tuesday, 395 people signed up.
What is the total number of people who have signed up?
What is 922 people?
Julie's Baking Company had 388 eggs. Then, her employees used 99 eggs to make apple pies.
How many eggs are left?
289 eggs
Mrs. Thompson is reading a book that has 485 pages total. During the first week, she reads 118 pages. The second week she reads 147 pages. She finishes the book in the third week.
How many pages did Mrs. Thompson read in the third week?
220 pages