Addition/Subtraction Word Problems
7 ships came into the harbor on Saturday and 10 more came in one Sunday. How many ships came into the harbor altogether over the weekend?
17 ships
There are 2 teams playing in a football game. Each team has 9 players. How many players are in the competition altogether?
18 players
Lizzie read 57 pages of her book yesterday and another 64 pages today. How many pages did she read altogether?
121 pages
452 - 97 =
355
45 + 12 =
57
Titan took his dog for a walk to the park. Titan walked along 10 streets on the way there and 12 streets on the way back. How many streets did he walk along in all?
22 streets
Mrs. Maynard is baking cakes for a bake sale. Each cake requires 3 eggs. If she plans to make 6 cakes, how many eggs does she need in total?
18 eggs
Caleb had saved $248 dollars. He spent $125 on a new bike. How much money does he have left?
$123
723 - 102 =
621
67 + 86 =
153
Braylyn company fixes computers. They fixed 25 computers on Monday and then 12 on Tuesday. How many more computers did they fix on Monday than on Tuesday?
13 computers
Rachel made 12 friendship bracelets. She shared them equally between her 4 friends. How many bracelets did each friend receive?
3 bracelets
A cargo ship is carrying 5 containers. Each container holds 8 cars. How many cars are on the cargo ship altogether?
40 cars
505 - 286 =
219
157 + 198 =
355
Ady went to the store and spent $3.32. She gave the cashier $5.00. How much change should Ady receive?
$1.68
A store sells paper plates in packs of 10. Bentley buys 9 packs. How many paper plates will he get?
90 paper plates
Dalton has a garden in the front yard and a garden in the back yard. The back garden has 52 flowers and the front garden has 33 flowers. How many fewer flowers does the front garden have?
19 flowers
811 - 111 =
700
761 + 432 =
1,193
A local artist sold two pieces of artwork. The first sold for $537 and the second sold for $393. How much did the painter make altogether?
$930
Ms. Curtner is a barber. She charges a flat fee of $9 for each customer. At the end of the day, she calculated that he made $81. How many customers did she serve?
9 customers
The librarian organized her books into piles of 9. If she has 63 books altogether, how many piles will she make?
7 piles
1,992 - 788 =
1,204
981 + 1,234 =
2,215