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?
What is 191 dollars
Lorena ate 14 carrot sticks. She now has 9 sticks left. How many carrot sticks did she have to start with?
What is 23 carrot sticks?
Ana is 12 years old. She is 5 years older than her sister. How old is her sister?
What is 7 years old?
There were 9 apples and 15 cherries in a basket. How many more cherries than apples were in the basket?
What is 6 more cherries?
Mary is 58 inches tall. Carrie is 12 inches shorter than Mary. How tall is Carrie?
What is 46 inches?
There were 19 apples on a tree. Juan picked 3 apples. 5 apples fell to the ground. How many apples were left on the tree?
What is 11 apples?
There are 26 children on the Ferris wheel, 48 children on the roller coaster, and 12 children on the merry-go round. How many children are on all three rides?
What is 86 children?
Christopher is 142 cm tall. Jane is 8 cm taller than Christopher. How tall is Jane?
What is 150 cm?
There are 12 buckets on the beach. There are also 8 shovels on the beach. Which is more, the number of buckets or the number of shovels? How many more?
What is the number of buckets and 4 more buckets?
The total length of a fence is 72 meters. Kamil painted 38 meter and Jenny painted the rest. How many meters did Jenny paint?
What is 34 meters?
The door to Sean's room is 129 inches high. In the morning he painted up to 84 inches. How many inches of the door's height were left without paint?
What is 45 inches?
Rita had 68 star stickers. 15 were golden. 22 were silver stars. The rest were blue stars. How many blue stars did Rita have?
What is 31 stars?
Zara invited all her classmates to her party. 15 classmates went to her party and 9 did not. How many classmates did she have?
What is 24 classmates?
Hope mailed three packages on Saturday. She spent spent $12.78 all together. The first package cost $5.34, the second cost $4. How much did the thrid package cost?
What is $3.44?
There are 158 students in Grade 3 and 173 students in Grade 4. How many students are there in Grade 3 and Grade 4?
What is 331 students?
At the bakery, 36 muffins had fruit chunks and 28 muffins did not have fruit chunks. 22 muffins were sold. How many muffins were left?
What is 42 muffins?
A school had 312 students last year. This year it has 72 students more than last year. How many students does the school have this year?
What is 384 students?
Charles had 59 buttons. 12 buttons were large. 23 buttons were of medium size. There rest of the buttons were small. How many small buttons did Charles have?
What is 24 small buttons?
Kade bought 117 match box cars, Lane bought 212 and Cassandra bought 97. About how many more cars did Cassandra and Lane buy than Kade?
(Estimate first)
What is 200 more cars?
There were 32 children on the Ferris Wheel. 9 more children got on and then 12 more got on. How many children are on the Ferris Wheel now?
What is 53 children?
Tracy swam 242 yards on Monday and 513 yards on Tuesday. About how many yards did she swim in all?
What is 700 yards?
Round to the hundreds
Sylvia rode her bike 385 meters to the grocery store. She rode the same distance to get back home. About how many meters did she ride in all?
What is 800 meters?
In her garden, Jamie had 24 red roses and 32 white roses. She picked 12 roses. How many roses were left?
What is 44 roses?
The Smith family remodeled the kitchen and the bathroom. They bought a stove for $875, a refrigerator for $2210 and a microwave for $215. They bought a tub for $1825 and a sink for $560. About how much more did they spend on the kitchen?
What is $500?
Sara collected 63 stamps. She gave 26 stamps to her friend. How many stamps did she have left? Later, she bought 35 stamps. How many stamps does she have now?
What is 37 stamps and 72 stamps?