Addition & Subtraction
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Addition & Subtraction Algorithms
Multiplication & Division Word Problems
Multiplication & Division Algorithms
Challenge Word Problems
100

Tanya drove 287 miles on the first day of her trip.  She drove 294 miles on the second day.  About how far did she drive on these two days?

Tanya drove 581 miles on those two days.

100

137 + 48 + 63 = __

248

100

Carol made 5 pizzas.  She cut them into 8 slices each.  How many slices of pizza did she make?

Carol made 40 slices of pizza.

100

58 x 2

116

100

Joel collected 4352 stamps.  He had 469 fewer stamps than Mark.  How many stamps did Mark collect?

Mark collected 4,821 stamps.
200

After the swim meet, Shamal had 58 ribbons.  She won 2 first-place ribbons and 3 second-place ribbons at the meet.  How many ribbons did she have before the swim meet?

Shamal had 53 ribbons.

200

488 + 356 = __

844

200

Russ needs to replace the glass panes in a large window.  There are 9 rows of panes in the window.  Each row has 6 panes.  How many panes of glass should Russ buy?

Russ needs to buy 54 panes of glass.

200

237 ÷ 6 = __

39 R3

200

John decided to read a 400-page book.  On the first day, he read 84 pages.  On the second day, he read 107 pages.  How many pages does John still have to read?

John still has to read 209 pages.


300
Vicky had 12 cookies left over after the bake sale.  She had sold 75 cookies in the morning and 40 cookies in the afternoon.  How many cookies did she have at the beginning of the bake sale?
Vicky had 127 cookies at the beginning of the bake sale.


300

998 + 703 = __

1,701

300

A hotel has 7 floors.  If there are 35 standard rooms on each floor, how many standard rooms are there?

There are 245 standard rooms.

300

684 x 7 

4,788


300

After buying five coloring books that cost $7 each, Mary had $8.50 left.  How much money did she have at first?

Mary started with $43.50.

400

Inez bought 15 pizzas for the party.  There were 7 more pepperoni pizzas than cheese pizzas.  How many of each kind of pizzas did Inez buy?

*Use guess & check if you're stuck!*


Inez bought 7 pepperoni pizzas and 8 cheese pizzas.

400

705 - 399 = __

306

400

119 children got into teams of 4.  How many teams of 4 can they make?  How many children will not be in a team of 4?

They can make 29 teams of 4, and there will be 3 children left.

400

6,121 x 3 = __

18,363

400

Adam had 568 postcards and his sister, Sue, had 384 postcards.  Adam gave his sister some postcards so they now have the same number.  How many postcards do each of them have now?

They each have 476 postcards.


500

Antoine has 154 books in his collection.  He got 27 books at a sale last year.  His sister gave him 16 books this year.  How many books did Antoine have in his collection before the book sale?

Antoine had 111 books in his collection before the book sale.

500

187 - 98 = __

89

500
Lizzie put 118 pens into cases.  Each case can hold 6 pens.  How many cases does she need to hold all of the pens?
Lizzie needs 20 cases.
500

621 ÷ 3

207

500

Mr. Levoko has 7 bags of 126 coins each.  He transfers all the coins into 3 bigger bags.  How many coins will each bigger bag contain? 

Each bigger bag will contain 294 coins.