Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

29 birds were sitting in a tree. Some more fly up to the tree. Then there were 100 birds in the tree. How many more flew up to the tree?

• 29

• 100

• 129

• 71

79 birds were sitting in a tree. 21 more birds flew up to the tree. How many birds were there altogether in the tree?

• 100

• 58

• 90

• 68

Alyssa had 42 cookies. Jordan has 68 cookies. How many more cookies does Jordan have than Alyssa?

• 110

• 26

• 100

• 36

The aquarium has a lot of fish tanks. They bought 18 more fish and now the aquarium has 80 fish. How many fish did the aquarium have to begin with?

• 98

• 18

• 91

• 62

In September, Lawrence Elementary School collected 32,537 cans for a fundraiser. In October, they collected 207,492 cans. How many cans were collected during September and October?

A chef made 1,669 hamburgers last week and 347 hamburgers this week. How many more hamburgers did he make last week than this week?

Camilla and Jose were playing a video game. Camilla scored 12,395 points and Jose scored 1,987. How many points did they score in all?

There 3,420 students at Brandon Elementary School.  1,911 students are girls.  How many are boys?

Ms. Basinger buys a duck and a chicken. The duck weighs 2,300 grams. The chicken weighs 1,675 grams. How much heavier is the duck than the chicken? 

• 1375 grams

• 575 grams

• 625 grams

• 635 grams

Ms. Henley runs 3,860 meters and Mrs. O'Neill runs 5,470 meters. How far do they run altogether? 

• 1610 meters

• 2410 meters

• 9380 meters 

• 9330 meters