Addition or Subtraction Word Problems
Ethan was in the pool for 185 minutes on Friday. He spent 130 minutes in the pool on Saturday. How many more minutes was Ethan in the pool on Friday than Saturday?
50 minutes
Myra bought 4 packs of beach balls. Each pack had 5 beach balls. How many total beach balls did Myra buy?
20 total beach balls
Brandon has football practice 3 days a week for 2 hours each practice. If he attends practice for 7 weeks, how many hours will he have spent at football practice?
42 hours
Will is driving M miles to the beach. He stopped at a rest stop after driving S miles. How many miles does he have left to drive?
What equation can be used to find the miles left to drive?
M - S = ?
Sophia found a box of 11 barbies that each had a pair of shoes on. How many shoes were in the box?
22 shoes
Ken is having a barbecue. He made 37 hotdogs and 26 hamburgers. How many hotdog and hamburgers did Ken make altogether?
63
There were 9 hermit crabs at the Tiki Hut Store. Each hermit crab has 8 legs. How many legs do the hermit crabs have altogether?
72 legs altogether
Jeff purchased 4 boxes of 12 count golf balls. If he uses 8 golf balls per game, how many games will he be able to play?
6 games
Adam and his dad are going on a boating trip. Adam's trip is $A and his dad's trip is $D. What is the total cost of their trip?
What equation could be used to find the total cost of their trip?
A + D = ?
Easton shared his 16 gummy bears with his 3 cousins. How many gummy bears did Easton and his cousin each have?
4 gummy bears each
On Monday it was 91 degrees at he beach. That night a cold front arrived. On Tuesday, it was 78 degrees. How much warmer was it on Monday than on Tuesday?
13 degrees
Julius went on a bike ride with some friends. Each bike had two wheels and there were 18 total wheels. How many kids are on the bike ride?
9 kids
The pirates of the Salty Seas raided 411 ships last year. The Pirates of the Black Lagoon raided 309 ships last year. If the Pirates of Paradise Cove raided 52 more ships than both of these pirate groups combined. How many ships did the Pirates of Paradise Cove raid last year?
772 ships
# of friends went searching for seashells on the beach. They found S seashells. If they share them equally, how many shells will each friend get to keep?
What equation could be used to find how many shells each friend will get to keep?
# divided by S = ?
Evelyn has 427 Pokemon cards. She bought 63 more and gave away 39 to her friend. How many Pokemon cards does Evelyn have now?
451 cards
The Blue Lagoon Hotel set out 200 umbrellas on the beach for their guests. 168 of the umbrellas are being used. How many umbrellas are left for other guests?
32
Dustin and his two brothers each built a sandcastle. They put three flags on each sandcastle. How many flags did the brothers use?
9 flags
Ms. Elizondo shipped yogurt to stores on Monday.
- She shipped 648 cups of strawberry yogurt
- She shipped 216 cups of peach yogurt
- She shipped 264 cups of vanilla yogurt
How many more cups of strawberry yogurt did Ms. Elizondo ship than cups of peach and vanilla yogurt combined?
168 more cups
Daisy counted S starfish on the beach. Each starfish has L legs. How many starfish legs did Daisy see on the beach?
What equation can be used to find how many legs Daisy saw on the beach?
S X L = ?
Katelyn has a goal of reading for 600 minutes this month. So far, she has read 347 minutes. How many more minutes will Katelyn need to read to reach her goal?
253 minutes
Sandy collected sand dollars. She has 141 in a box and 38 displayed in her room. How many sand dollars does Sandy have in her collection?
179
Laurel has 48 flowers to make leis. If she uses 12 flowers on each lie, how many lies can she make?
4 leis
A group of 64 children and 24 adults will travel to a zoo in vans. There will be 8 people in each van. How many vans will be needed to take the groups to the zoo?
11 vans
There are P peach trees on a farm. There are Q peach trees on a different farm. At a third farm there are O oranges. How many more oranges are there than peach trees combined on the farms?
What equation can be used to find how many more oranges there are than peach trees combined on the farm?
O - (P + Q) = ?
Sheila has 72 bows. For Christmas she wants to put the same number of bows on each gift. She has 9 gifts to give away, how many bows would go on each gift?
8 bows on each gift