Addition Subtraction Word Problems

At the bake sale there were 308 cookies. They sold 179

cookies. How many cookies do they still need to sell?

• 129

• 229

• 271

The cafeteria sold 74 sandwiches to 2nd grade, 63 to 3rd grade, and 55 to 4th grade. How many total sandwiches did the cafeteria sell?

• 182

• 192

• 183

Sarah had one package of crayons that had 48 crayons in it. She had another package of crayons that had 24 crayons in it. How many crayons did Sarah have in all?

• 24

• 62

• 72

Cory, Lincoln, and Peter were sorting leaves into piles based on their color. Cory had 32 green leaves in his pile. Lincoln had 28 red leaves in his pile. Peter had 39 brown leaves in his pile. How many leaves did the boys collect in all?

• 71

• 60

• 99

There are 188 days in the school year. Today is day 22. How many days of the school year are left?

• 200

• 166

• 210

The local school is collecting money to help pay for new recess equipment. The school wants to collect $2,000.00. If the school collects $1,455.00, then how much more money do they need to collect?

• $545

• $645

• $445

• $535

Ashley and Avionna are making a sticker page.  They made 8 rows of stickers. They put 6 stickers in each row.  How many stickers did they place in rows?

• 14

• 48

• 42

• 56

Ms. Brown bought 5 bags of candy.  In each bag there were 10 pieces of candy.  How many pieces of candy did Ms. Brown buy?

• 15

• 50

• 5

• 55

Josiah picks 25 apples.  He places 5 apples in each bag.  How many bags does Josiah have?

• 25

• 30

• 20

• 5

Addison put $213.00 into her account last week and took out $137.00 this week. How much money remains in her bank account?

• 193 dollars

• 268 dollars

• 350 dollars

• 76 dollars