Three Step Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Jayzon has ? boxes of plain crackers and ? boxes of cheese crackers. How many boxes of crackers does Jayzon have altogether?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Select the equation that best represents the situation:

Josiah scored 37 points. This was 5 points more than Alex scored.

• 37 + 5 = k

• k - 5 = 37

• k + 5 = 37

• 5k = 37

What operation do these terms mean?
difference
decreased by
less than 

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

Ronnie needs 101 cupcakes for a birthday party. He already has 21 chocolate cupcakes and 33 vanilla cupcakes. How many more cupcakes should Ronnie buy?

• 80

• 113

• 47

• 68

Layton baked 400 cupcakes. The class ate 289 of those cupcakes. Layton went home and baked 129 more cupcakes. How many cupcakes does Layton have?

• 818 cupcakes

• 111 cupcakes

• 0 cupcakes

• 240 cupcakes

William has 745 volleyball cards. He gives 465 to his friends, then buys 278 more. How many cards does he have now?

• 558

• 280

• 2

• 1488

Max has 92 seashells. Darren has 89 more seashells than Max. How many seashells do they have IN ALL? 

• 181

• 273

• 237

• 811

Sarah had 548 marbles, and she bought 237 more marbles. Later, she gave 385 marbles to her friend. How many marbles does Sarah have now?

A theatre is renewing its 3,000 seats. It has replaced 5 sections of 136 seats and a 6th section containing 348 seats. How many seats have been replaced so far? How many more seats still need to be replaced?

Tara had 245 more stickers than Madyson. Madyson had 320 stickers. How many stickers do they have in all?

• 335

• 775

• 885

• 658