Integer Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

What addition problem do these base ten blocks represent?

• 35+29

• 28+39

• 29+38

• 38+29

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?

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?

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

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?

Sam has 31 cupcakes. He gave 7 cupcakes to his friend. How many cupcakes does he have left?

• 24

• 36

• 26

• 38

Tate has 44 pieces of bubble gum. Corey has 28 pieces of bubble gum. How many pieces do they have altogether?

• 15

• 16

• 72

• 25

Kate had 9 dolls. Her mom gave her 14 more for her birthday. How many dolls does Kate have now?

• 15

• 5

• 23

• 6

Jett has 25 comic books and Ethan has 19 comic books. How many more does Jett have?

• 1

• 14

• 44

• 6

Maggie went to dance practice for 100 minutes. Julia went to dance practice for 85 minutes. How much longer did Maggie practice?

• 185 minutes

• 25 minutes

• 85 minutes

• 15 minutes