Addition and Subtraction Word Problems Through 20

A restaurant served 41 hamburgers yesterday. They expect to serve 8 hamburgers today. How many hamburgers will they serve both days? 

• 33

• 49

• 41

• 51

21 students were playing at recess. 6 kids were playing kickball. How many kids were not playing kickball?

• 15

• 15 kids

• 27

• 27 kids

Eva has 37 lollipops and she gave Kyle 19. How many lollipops does Eva have left?

• 17

• 19 lollipops

• 18 lollipops

• 14 lollipops

Carter has 34 baseballs, and he gave Brady some. Now Carter has 14. How many baseballs does Brady have?

• 20

• 21

• 20 baseballs

• 21 baseballs

Will had 8 baseballs. Then he got 5 more. How many baseballs does he have now?

• 13

• 3

• 12

• 15

There were 6 boys on the stairs. Then 7 more boys joined them. How many boys are there altogether?

• 13

• 12

• 14

• 1

Bobby had 24 colored pencils. He lost 6 of them. How many colored pencils does Bobby have left?

• 12 colored pencils

• 30 colored pencils

• 18 colored pencils

• 22 colored pencils

Ella had 15 ribbons. she gave 7 of them to Grant. How many ribbons does Ella have left?

• 5

• 15

• 8

• 22

Varsha had some pencils. she gave 6 of them to AJ. Now Varsha has 11 pencils. How many pencils did Varsha have at first?

• 99

• 5

• 17

• 11

Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

• 6

• 7

• 23

• 8