Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

There were 387 boys and 410 girls at a soccer game. How many more girls than boys are at the game?

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TEKS.MATH.3.4A

TEKS.MATH.3.5B

Mr. Nibecker rolled 234 snowballs. Ms. Kimpton rolled another 125 snowballs. How many snowballs did both teachers roll in all?

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TEKS.MATH.2.4C

TEKS.MATH.3.4A

Mrs. Vasilauskas baked 245 cookies. Mrs. Sherry baked 67 cookies. How many more cookies did Mrs. Vasilauskas bake than Mrs. Sherry?

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TEKS.MATH.2.4C

TEKS.MATH.3.4A

Ms. Zayac read 433 pages of her book. If there are 873 total pages, how many more pages does she have left to read in her book?

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TEKS.MATH.3.4A

TEKS.MATH.3.5B

Mr. Milakis has a collection of 263 baseball cards. His friend Mr. Arritola gave him 456 more baseball cards. How many baseball cards does Mr. Milakis have in his collection now?

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TEKS.MATH.2.4C

TEKS.MATH.3.4A

A family drove 157 miles to New Mexico and another 369 miles to Arizona. How many miles did they travel altogether?

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TEKS.MATH.2.4C

TEKS.MATH.3.4A

There are 167 books in Mrs. Ligon's classroom library and 392 in Mrs. Larson's classroom library. How many more books does Mrs. Larson have in her classroom library than Mrs. Ligon?

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TEKS.MATH.3.4A

TEKS.MATH.3.5B

Mr. Yardeny collected 432 pieces of equipment for PE. After a MVE fundraiser he was able to add 189 pieces of equipment to the school gym. How many pieces of equipment does Mr. Yardeny have in all?

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TEKS.MATH.2.4C

TEKS.MATH.3.4A

Mountain Vista had 143 new students that moved in for the 2021 school year. In October, 12 students moved away. Then, in January 23 more students joined MVE. How many students are at MVE now?

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TEKS.MATH.3.4A

TEKS.MATH.3.5B

Mrs. Rowland was counting her colored pencils in the Art room and had 190 different colors. She realized she needed more yellow, blue, and purple colored pencils. She went to Target and bought 23 yellow, 65 blue, and 11 purple pencils. She took them back to the Art room. How many colored pencils does Mrs. Rowland have now?

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TEKS.MATH.3.4A

TEKS.MATH.3.5B