Word Problems 1
James bought a camera for 105 dollars and now he only has 86 dollars left. How much money did he have to start with?
191
Lorena ate 1,514 carrot sticks. She now has 559 sticks left. How many carrot sticks did she have to start with?
2,073
Allison jogs 3,860 meters and Calvin jogs 5,470 meters. How far do they jog altogether?
9,330
There were 589 apples and 1,955 cherries in a basket. How many more cherries than apples were in the basket?
1366
Leila drinks 1,566 milliliters of water a day. Mark drinks 2,895 milliliters more than Leila. How much water does Mark drink?
4,461
Mrs. Mark buys a duck and a chicken. The mass of the duck is 2,400 grams. The mass of the chicken is 1,575 grams. How much heavier is the duck than the chicken?
825 grams
There are 3,526 children on the Ferris wheel, 2,948 children on the roller coaster, and 12 children on the merry-go round. How many children are on all three rides?
6,474
John and Tracy sell flags to raise money for their club. John sells 557 flags and Tracy sells 786 flags.
Who sells more flags? How many more?
229 flags
There are 1,312 buckets on the beach. There are also 858 shovels on the beach. Which is more, the number of buckets or the number of shovels? How many more?
454
The total length of a fence is 1,672 meters. Kamil painted 938 meter and Jenny painted the rest. How many meters did Jenny paint?
734
The door to Sean's room is 1,929 inches high. In the morning he painted up to 384 inches. The next morning he painted 456 inches. How many inches of the door's height were left without paint?
1,089
Rita had 2,668 star stickers. 815 were golden. 522 were silver stars. The rest were blue stars. How many blue stars did Rita have?
1,331
Diana uses 375 green beads for her art project. She uses 96 fewer green beads than blue beads. How many blue beads does Diana use for her art project?
279
Pedro read 245 pages of a book on Monday. He read 326 more pages of the book on Tuesday than Monday. How many more pages did Pedro read on Monday than on Tuesday?
326
Olivia and Hannah collect 1,286 stamps in all. Olivia collects 454 stamps. How many more stamps does Hannah collect than Olivia?
Hana has 1,386 stamps. Mikail has 2,628 more stamps than Hana. Who has more stamps? How many more?
2,628
A school had 2,312 students last year. This year it has 1,372 students more than last year. How many more students does the school have this year than last year?
1,372
Charles had 2,559 buttons. 1,102 buttons were large. 923 buttons were of medium size. There rest of the buttons were small. How many small buttons did Charles have?
534 buttons
Leyanna makes 1,596 bookmarks. Zaid makes 920 more bookmarks than Leyanna. How many more bookmarks does Zaid makes than Leyanna?
920
There were 2,532 children on the Ferris Wheel. There were 1,567 fewer adults than children on the Ferris Wheel. How many adults were there?
1,567
Mr. Michael has $2,885. Ms. Katty has $2,728 more than Mr. Michael.
a. How much money does Ms. Katty have?
b. How much money do they have in all?
a. 5,613
b. 8,498
A computer costs $1,790. A printer costs $799.
a. How much less expensive is the printer than the computer?
b. How much do the two items cost altogether?
a. 991
b. 2,589
There are 5,260 books and magazines in a shop. There are 2,478 books. The rest are magazines.
a) How many magazines are there?
b) There are 1,356 English books in the shop and the rest are French books. How many French books are there?
a. 2,782
b. 1,122
There are 3,254 children at a concert. There are 1,359 fewer adults than children attending the concert.
a. How many adults are there at the concert?
b. How many people are at the concert altogether?
a. 1,895
b. 5,149
Brad has 1,500 stamps. He has 958 Canadian stamps and the rest are Malaysian stamps.
a. How many Malaysian stamps does Brad have?
b. Which type of stamps does Brad have fewer of? How many fewer stamps?
a. 542
b. 416