Word Problems

Addition Word Problems

100

Taylor has 54 green balloons. Kayley had 43 green balloons. How many green balloons do they have in total?

97 green balloons

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200

Molly found seventy-three seashells on the beach and Maria found ninety-two seashells on the beach. How many seashells did they find in total?

One hundred sixty-five seashells

300

Nick had 49 points in the last football game and Tanner had 55 points. How many points did they have together?

104 points

400

Danika has 129 books and she has read 20 of them. Claire has 113 books. How many books do they have together?

242 books

double

500

Jace had 614 Pokémon cards, and 5 were torn. Aiden gave him 208 more cards. How many cards does Jace have now?

822 Pokémon cards

Subtraction Word Problems

100

Bryan had 38 pumpkins and 20 turnips, but the rabbits ate 27 pumpkins. How many pumpkins does Bryan have left?

11 pumpkins

200

Saydie has 67 dogs, 14 dogs have spots on them. Danika said she could take care of 29 dogs while Saydie's family is on vacation. How many dogs still need to be taken care of?

38 dogs

300

Sam had 49 baseball cards and 9 were torn. Oliver bought 23 of Sam's baseball cards. How many baseball cards does Sam have now?

26 baseball cards

400

Libby had 89 dimes and 68 quarters in her piggy bank. Gabby borrowed 29 quarters. How many quarters does Libby have left?

39 quarters

500

Lily picked 116 daisies and 48 roses. She gave 73 of the daises to Kairi. How many daises does Lily have left?

43 daisies

Multi-Step Word Problems

100

At an amusement park, Bryce wants to ride a rollercoaster that costs 28 tickets, a bumper car that costs 35 tickets, and a merry-go-round that costs 17 tickets. Bryce had 14 tickets, but lost 8 of them on a ride. How many more tickets does he need?

74 tickets

200

Before getting to school, Sterling has a few errands to run. Sterling has to walk 10 blocks to the gallery and 6 blocks to the theater, before walking the final 8 blacks to arrive at school. If Sterling has already walked 4 blocks, how many more blocks must he walk before arriving at school?

20 blocks

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300

Maddie has 14 yellow balloons and 9 violet balloons. Tatum has 3 times more yellow balloons than Maddie. How many yellow balloons does Maddie and Tatum have?

56 yellow balloons

400

Sawyer and Dillon were playing touch football against Jacob and Holden. Touchdowns were worth 7 points. Sawyer and Dillon each scored 7 touchdowns. Jacob and Holden scored a total of 9 touchdowns. How many more points did Sawyer and Dillon have than Jacob and Holden?

35 points

double

500

Sophie, Tyler, and Brennan went bowling together. Sophie's score was 55. Brennan's score was exactly double Sophie's. Tyler had 13 fewer points than Brennan. What was Tyler's score?

97 points

Multiplication Word Problems

100

McKenna plays a total of 5 basketball games a month. The season is played for 3 months. How many basketball games will McKenna play in one season?

15 basketball games

200

Juliet goes fishing with Kiara. Juliet catches 11 trout. Kiara catches 3 times as many trout as Juliet and 15 catfish. How many trout did Kiara catch?

33 trout

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300

Blake, Hayden, Greyson, and Holden each have 72 baseball trading cards and Greyson has 30 football trading cards. How many baseball trading cards do they have in all?

288 baseball trading cards

400

An adult panda can eat 12 pounds of treats and 128 pounds of bamboo each day. How many pounds of bamboo can a panda eat in two weeks?

1,792 pounds of bamboo

500

There are 21 students in the classroom. Each student will be given 17 pencils, 40 erasers, and 9 pens. How many pencils will the teacher have to give out.

357 pencils

Division Word Problems

100

Sky'lr and Samantha bought 42 cakes last week to give out to friends each day of the week. How many friends will get a cake each day?

6 friends

200

Cela, Avery, and Adre'anna have 18 pencils, 35 pens, and 54 erasers altogether. How many erasers to they each have?

18 erasers

double

300

Andy bought 570 baseball cards that came in packs of 15. There were 23 different baseball players on the cards. How many packs of baseball cards did Andy buy?

38 packs

400

Ella and Georgia went to a total of 266 basketball games in the season. The season is played for 19 months. How many games did Ella and Georgia go to each month, if each month has the same number of games?

14 games

500

There are 340 students at a school and 240 of them are boys. If each classroom holds 20 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school?

17 classroom