Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

There were 46,075 people at an art festival on Saturday and 44,928 people at the festival on Sunday. How many people attended the art festival during the weekend?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

A chef made 1,669 hamburgers last week and 347 hamburgers this week. How many more hamburgers did he make last week than this week?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Camilla and Jose were playing a video game. Camilla scored 12,395 points and Jose scored 1,987. How many points did they score in all?

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

There 3,420 students at Brandon Elementary School.  1,911 students are girls.  How many are boys?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

In September, Lawrence Elementary School collected 32,537 cans for a fundraiser. In October, they collected 207,492 cans. How many cans were collected during September and October?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

In September, Liberty Elementary School collected 32,537 cans for a fundraiser. In October, they collected 207,492 cans. How many cans were collected during September and October?

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

A baseball stadium sold some burgers. 2,806 were cheeseburgers. 1,679 burgers didn’t have cheese. How many burgers did they sell in all?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

There were 3,905 more hits on the school’s website in January than February. February had 9,854 hits. How many hits did the school’s website have during both months? How many hits did the website have during January and February?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

In May, the New York Public Library had 124,061 books checked out. Of those books, 31,117 were mystery books. How many of the books checked out were not mystery books?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

The office supply closet had 25,473 large paper clips, 13,648 medium paper clips, and 15,306 small paper clips. How many paper clips were in the closet?

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2