Single Step Addition and Subtraction Word Problem

Malik has a bank account. His mother deposits $834. Now he has $2,340 in his bank account. How much money did he begin with?
What operation will you use to solve this problem?

• +

• -

• X

1,467 people went to the movies on Friday.  5,815 people went on Saturday.  About how many people went to the movies on both days?
What operation will you use to solve this problem?

• +

• -

• X

Brandon has 46 marbles in a bag. Maria gives him 26 more marbles. He lost 18 marbles at recess. How many marbles does he still have?

Ava has 76 pencils in her desk. 15 pencils fall out in the morning. 42 more pencils fall out in the afternoon. How many pencils are still in Ava's desk?

Ayden wants to buy a new video game system that costs $395. He has $318. How much more money does Ayden need?

• $57

• $67

• $77

• $87

What is this problem asking you to do? Jazelle was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 49 coins and the other had 85. How many coins did she have total?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

What is the operation? Mindy's pet shop had a shipment of 878 pet products on Monday. On Friday, the shop had another shipment of 99 pet products. How many pet products did she have in total by the end of the week?

• Add (+)

• Subtract (-)

A total of 3,718 tickets were sold for a skating show. Of that total, 1,279 were adult tickets. The remaining tickets were child tickets. How many child tickets were sold?

• 2,439

• 2,561

• 3,439

• 4,997

Mallory built a house with 268 Lego bricks. She added more bricks on to make her house bigger. Now her Lego house has 645 bricks. Which equation would you use to find how many bricks she added to her house?

• 268 + 645

• 645 - 268

• 268 - 645

• 645 + 268

The Lane family took a road trip. During the first week, they drove 907 miles. The second week they drove the same amount as the first week plus an additional 297 miles. How many miles did they drive during the second week?

• 1,204 miles

• 297 miles

• 610 miles

• 11,914 miles