Word Problems
Madison had 38 crayons in her box. Her best friend gave her 24 more. How many crayons does she have now?
62
Alexis had 53 cookies. She ate 20 of them. How many cookies does Alexis have left?
33
Max made 89 cupcakes. Her family ate 60 cupcakes. How many cupcakes does she have now?
29
Miss Ferreira's class read 62 books. Mrs. B's class read 50 books. How many books did the second grade read all together?
112
Dr. Prout has 105 blue and yellow fish in her fish tank. She has 87 yellow fish. How many blue fish does she have?
18
Miss Glenn bought 84 pencils. She passed out 47 of them. How many pencils does she have left?
37
Sara has 82 magazines. She gave some to her sister. Now she has 45 magazines. How many magazines did she give to her sister?
37
The second grade class had 114 candy bars. They sold 70. How many candy bars do they have left?
44
Evan has 89 summer reading books. Dina has 75 summer reading books. How many summer reading books do they have all together?
164
George has some baseball cards. Frank gave him 84 more baseball cards. Now he has 115 cards. How many baseball cards did George have to start with?
31
Emily had 76 silly bands. Her friend gave her some more silly bands. Now she has 149 silly bands. How many silly bands did her friend give her?
73
There are 30 children on a bus. Some more people get on the bus. Now there are 105 people on the bus. How many people got on the bus?
75
There were some people on a bus. 22 people got off the bus. Now there are 14 people on the bus. How many people were on the bus to start?
36
There are some birds in a tree. Then 13 more birds flew into the tree. Now there are 21 birds in the tree. How many birds were in the tree to start?
8
Jordan has 57 toy cars. Dina has 23 toy cars. How many MORE toy cars does Jordan have than Dina?
34
Kim scored 30 points in a basketball game. Adam scored 10 fewer points than Kim. How many points did Adam score?
20
Tim has 19 markers. Dave has 6 more markers than Tim. How many markers does Dave have?
25
Mrs. Smith's class has 26 children. Mrs. White's class has 17 children. How many more children does Mrs. Smith have than Mrs. White?
9
Yesterday, the Pizza Palace sold 125 sodas. Today it sold 94 sodas. How many fewer sodas did the Pizza Palace sell today than yesterday?
31
Alexis has 180 crayons. Selena has 140. How many do they have in all?
320
Will had 500 gumballs. He gave 370 to Gavin. How many gumballs does he have left?
130
The band wants to sell 250 tickets to the concert. They sold 144. How many more tickets will they need to sell?
106
The book store sold 39 books. Now they have 72. How many books were there to begin with?
111