Word Problems

114 birds were sitting in a tree. 21 more birds flew up to the tree. How many birds were there altogether in the tree?

• 115

• 135

• 93

• 100

Beth has 74 crayons. She gives 25 of them away to Jen. How many crayons does Beth have left?

• 92

• 45

• 99

• 49

29 birds were sitting in a tree. Some more fly up to the tree. Then there were 142 birds in the tree. How many more flew up to the tree?

• 113

• 123

• 200

• 98

18 children were riding on the bus. At the bus stop, some more children got on the bus. Then there were 25 children altogether on the bus. How many children got on the bus at the bus stop?

• 5

• 10

• 7

• 11

Finn has 89 goldfish. 32 of the goldfish escaped! How many goldfish are left?

• 57

• 60

• 27

• 42

Jane has 28 brown sheets of drawing paper, 27 yellow sheets of drawing paper, 14 sheets of white drawing paper and a box with 36 pencil crayons. How many pieces of drawing paper does she have?

• 96

• 72

• 69

• 80

There were 28 girls, 35 boys and 3 teachers on the playground at recess. How many children were there in all?

• 54

• 60

• 83

• 63

The elephant had 407 peanuts. She ate 129 of them. How many peanuts did the elephant have left?

• 200

• 364

• 278

• 504

Robin had 18 pieces of gum. Her brother gave her some more pieces. Now Robin has 44 pieces in all. How many pieces of gum did Robin's brother give her?

• 56

• 26

• 65

• 62

One day, Mr. Johnson sold 33 star stickers and 58 plain stickers. How many stickers did he sell that day?

• 43

• 80

• 91

• 102