One Step Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Stacy finds 24 shells at the beach. Mark finds 32 shells. Beth finds 28 shells. How many shells did the 3 friends find?

A pizza delivery driver delivered 26 pizzas on Monday and 43 pizzas on Tuesday. How many pizzas did he deliver in all?

• 69

• 59

• 79

• 49

You read 45 pages of a book one day and 37 pages the next day. How many pages have you read in total?

• 82

• 80

• 78

• 85

Pedro collects baseball cards. He had 192. His friend Kevin gave him 267 more. His friend Shannon gave him 212 more. How many baseball cards does Pedro have now?

• 771 cards

• 679 cards

• 671 cards

• 579 cards

Tiffany baked 93 cupcakes for her friends. She gave some away to her friends. Tiffany still had 38 cupcakes left at home. How many cupcakes did Tiffany give to her friends?

Ryan bought 48 berries at the grocery store. He already had 25 berries at home. How many berries does he have now?

• 63

• 72

• 73

• 74

A library has 128 books and buys 73 more. How many books are in the library now?

• 201

• 205

• 195

• 210

Shirley made 5 trays of cupcakes for the bake sale. Each tray had 6 vanilla cupcakes and 8 chocolate cupcakes. How many cupcakes did Shirley make for the bake sale? By the end of the bake sale she had sold 26 vanilla cupcakes and 29 chocolate cupcakes? How many cupcakes did she sell in total? How many cupcakes did she have left?

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Kevin scores 18 points in a basketball game. David scores 9 more points than Kevin. How many points does David score in the game?

• 21

• 30

• 29

• 27

Fresh Foods Grocery Store placed 687 apples on a stand. 390 apples were sold by noon. The store pulled the 234 apples from their storage to add to the stand at noon. How could you figure out how many apples were on the stand at noon?

• add 687 and 390 then add 234 more

• subtract 687 minus 390 then subtract 234

• subtract 687 minus 390 then add 234

• add 686 and 390 then subtract 234