Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

• 6 jelly beans

• 7 jelly beans

• 23 jelly beans

• 8 jelly beans

Mrs. Knight and Ms. Carpenter sell flags to raise money for their club. Mrs. Knight sells 457 flags and Ms. Carpenter sells 686 flags.  Who sells more flags? How many more? 

• Mrs. Knight, 229

• Ms. Carpenter, 229

• Mrs. Knight, 219

• Ms. Carpenter, 219 

Will had 8 baseballs. Then he got 5 more. How many baseballs does he have now?

• 13 baseballs

• 3 baseballs

• 12 baseballs

• 15 baseballs

There were 6 boys on the stairs. Then 7 more boys joined them. How many boys are there altogether?

• 13 boys

• 12 boys

• 14 boys

• 1 boys

Mary had 245 cookies. She made 156 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

• 111 cookies

• 11 cookies

• 401 cookies

• 89 cookies

Coco the Clown was making balloon animals at a birthday party. 26 children wanted dog balloon animals and 17 wanted bears. How many balloon animals did Coco the Clown make at the party?

• 21 balloon animals

• 43 balloon animals

• 45 balloon animals

• 33 balloon animals

Jace has 15 stuffed animals. Brooks has 19. How many stuffed animals do they have altogether? 

• 14 stuffed animals

• 4 stuffed animals

• 24 stuffed animals

• 34 stuffed animals

Pop Pop has 25 posters.  He bought 15 more.  How many does he have now?

• 10 posters

• 30 posters

• 15 posters

• 40 posters

Jane had 52 crates of apples to unload at the grocery store. She unloaded 29 of them. How many crates does she have left to unload?

• 23 crates

• 81 crates

• 20 crates

• 80 crates

Jordan read 485 pages last month and 391 pages this month. How many pages did Jordan read altogether?

• 866 pages

• 876 pages

• 886 pages

• 877 pages