Word problems
Mrs. Mason’s garden has 67 green flowers and 23 yellow flowers. 5 died because they didn't get water. How many flowers does she have now?
85 flowers.
20-16
4
A pool store has 54 green pool noodles for sale. They also blue pool noodles. Altogether they have 72 pool noodles to sell. How many of the noodles are blue?
18 noodles are blue.
16+17
33
The teacher had a bag of erasers. She gave 29 erasers to her students. Then there were 17 erasers left in the bag. How many erasers were in the bag to start?
There were 46 erasers in the bag to start.
35-27
8
At the beach, 34 people are building sandcastles. After some people leave the beach, there are 16 people building sandcastles. How many people left the beach?
18 people.
24+38
62
I found 53 frogs by the pond. Some of them hopped away and now there are 28 left. How many hopped away?
25 hopped away.
58-39
19
Alexa made 14 blue snowflakes and 17 purple snowflakes. Then she gave away 10. How many is she left with?
She is left with 21 snowflakes.
19+29
48
Jack sled down the hill 11 times. Aria slid down the hill 12 times. Then Dylan sled down 6 times. How many times total did a sled go down the hill?
29 times.
76-48
28
Kasey made 10 snowmen Saturday night and 16 Sunday night. By Monday she only had 8 standing. How many melted?
18 snowmen melted.
45+35
80
The students earned some recess then Mr. Charlie gave them 15 extra minutes. Now they have 28 minutes of recess. How many minutes did the students earn?
13 minutes extra.
98-59
39
Hazel made 23 snowballs then threw 12 at her sister. She made 15 extra afterwards. How many does she have now?
She has 26 snowballs now.
73+18
91