Story Problems Addition and Subtraction

A farmer had 20 eggs. 9 eggs were broken. How many eggs are still intact?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Both

Emily had 14 balloons. She popped 3 balloons. How many balloons are left?

• Addition

• Addition and Subtraction

• Subtraction

There were 6 cookies on the plate. 1 cookie was eaten. How many cookies are left?

• Subtraction

• Both

• Addition and Subtraction

Sam had 22 crayons. He gave 10 crayons to his sister. How many crayons does Sam have now?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• None

There were 7 fish in the pond. 4 fish swam away. How many fish are still in the pond?

• Subtraction

• Subtraction and Addition

• Addition

A box had 25 candies. 12 candies were eaten. How many candies are left in the box?

• Addition

• None

• Subtraction

Lily had 11 seashells. She found 6 more seashells. How many seashells does Lily have now?

• None

• Subtraction

• Addition

Jack has 8 pencils on his pencil box. He has 6 more pencils in his supply drawer. How many pencils does Jack have all together?

• 14

• 12

• 15

• 10

There are some frogs in the pond. Then 4 more frogs jump in. Now there are 12 frogs in the pond. How many frogs were in the pond to start?

• 16

• 8

• 10

• 4

Dylan's dog had 10 puppies. His family gave away 4. They kept the rest. How many puppies do they have left?

• 2

• 10

• 8

• 6