Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

1. Ben has 11 hats. He gives away some hats. Now, he has 3 hats. How many hats did he give away? Choose the equation that can be used to find out how many hats Ben gave away.

• A. 11 + 3 = □

• B. □ = 11 + 3

• C. 11 - □ = 3

• D. □ = 3 - 11

2. A group of 13 birds were resting on a tree. Some more birds joined them. Now, we see 17 birds resting on the tree. How many more birds joined the group? Circle your answer.

• 30

• 13

• 5

• 4

The school flower garden has 4 yellow flowers. Tyla plants red flowers in the garden too. Now there are 13 flowers in the garden. How many red flowers did Tyla plant?

• A. 8

• B. 17

• C. 9

• D. 2

Danny makes lemonade. He squeezes some lemons. Then he squeezes 8 more. He used 11 lemons in all. How many lemons does Danny squeeze to start?

• 7

• 3

• 11

• 17

Milo has 5 red candies and 6 blue candies. How many candies does Milo have in all?

• 0

• 10

• 1

• 11

Jabari counts 14 squishies. He counts 9 large squishies and some small squishies. How many small squishies does Jabari count?

• 5 small squishies

• 6 small squishies

• 7 small squishies

• 8 small squishies

There are 11 children at the park. 3 children go home. How many children are at the park now?

• 2

• 14

• 11

• 8

Tami has 16 KitKat bars. She shares some with her friends. She has 9 KitKat bars left. How many KitKat bars did Tami share?

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• Ms. Travis

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Math is awesome!

• True

• False