Word Problems Set E

A museum store has 239 posters and 547 books. How many more books than posters does the museum store have?

Rosa has saved 473 pennies. She needs 800 pennies to fill the penny jar. How many more pennies does Rosa need to save?

Josie took photos of three canyons during her rafting trip. In the first canyon, she took 64 photos. She took 31 photos of the second canyon. In the third canyon, she took 49 photos. How many photos did she take in all?

HINT: You have 3 addends.

Jen used plastic building bricks to make a Japanese tree house. She used 117 green bricks and 246 gray bricks. How many green and gray bricks did she use?

Jen used 117 green bricks and 246 gray bricks. Now, how many more gray bricks.

Hint: When you compare, you ?

The Colorado River is 119 miles longers than the Kansas River. The Kansas River is 743 miles long. How long is the Colorado River?

There were 87 sunflowers at the flower shop in the morning. There were 56 sunflowers left at the end of the day. How many sunflowers were sold?

Mrs. Mott picks 82 tomatoes in her garden. She picks 24 ears of corn. How many fewer ears of corn does she pick than tomatoes?

HINT: When you compare, you ?