Basic Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Karleigh and Sebastian are collecting stickers. Karleigh has 29 stickers and Sebastian has 28 stickers. How many stickers do they have altogether?

• 57 stickers

• 59

• 54 stickers

• 60

Eva has 37 lollipops and she gave Kyle 19. How many lollipops does Eva have left?

• 17

• 19 lollipops

• 18 lollipops

• 14 lollipops

Carter has 34 baseballs, and he gave Brady some. Now Carter has 14. How many baseballs does Brady have?

• 20

• 21

• 20 baseballs

• 21 baseballs

There are 24 students in my class. 15 of them are boys. How many girls are in my class?

• 10 girls

• 7 girls

• 9 girls

• 9

Gio has 25 lollipops, and Amerah gave him 19 more. How many lollipops does Gio have in all?

• 42

• 44

• 42 lollipops

• 44 lollipops

21 students were playing at recess. 6 kids were playing kickball. How many kids were not playing kickball?

• 15

• 15 kids

• 27

• 27 kids

At the grocery store, Yesse got crayons. She got 2 packs of crayons with 24 crayons in each pack. How many crayons did Yesse get in all?

• 26

• 47

• 26 crayons

• 48 crayons

Alek and Alex kicked 57 soccer balls. 18 went into the net. How many did not make it?

• 39 soccer balls

• 39

• 42 soccer balls

• 42

Hannah bought a toy for 50 cents. She gave the cashier, Owen, 75 cents. How much money will Hannah get back?

• 100 cents

• 25 cents

• 25

• 75 cents

There are 75 apples in the apple tree. Paige picked 20 and Ally picked 30. How many did Paige and Ally pick in all?

• 45 apples

• 50 apples

• 60 apples

• 60