Solve Addition & Subtraction Problems

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20 questions

Select if the clue word of phrase is addition or subtraction.

What is the total... __________

How many more... __________

How many combined... __________

How many remain... __________

Select the words or phrase that determines what operation to use to solve the problem.

There are 369 students enrolled at Southside School.  There are 448 students enrolled at Northside School.  How many students are enrolled at Northside and Southside combined?

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?

There are 369 students enrolled at Southside School. There are 448 students enrolled at Northside School. How many students are enrolled at Northside and Southside combined?

Solve

There are 369 students enrolled at Southside School.  There are 448 students enrolled at Northside School.  How many students are enrolled at Northside and Southside combined?

The combined number of students at Northside and Southside school is _______.

Select the words or phrase that determines what operation to use to solve the problem.

The school store has 341 boxes of crayons in stock.  The store also has 146 boxes of markers in stock.  How many more boxes of crayons than boxes of markers are in the store?

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?

The school store has 341 boxes of crayons in stock. The store also has 146 boxes of markers in stock. How many more boxes of crayons than boxes of markers are in the store?

Solve

The school store has 341 boxes of crayons in stock.  The store also has 146 boxes of markers in stock.  How many more boxes of crayons than boxes of markers are in the store?

There are _______ more boxes of crayons than boxes of markers.

Select the words or phrase that determines what operation to use to solve the problem.

Adam read two books last month.  The first book had 243 pages.  The second book had 195 pages.  Tish read a book had 565 pages.  How many more pages were in Tish’s book than the two books Adam read?

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?

Adam read two books last month. The first book had 243 pages. The second book had 195 pages. Tish read a book had 565 pages. How many more pages were in Tish’s book than the two books Adam read?

Solve

Adam read two books last month.  The first book had 243 pages.  The second book had 195 pages.  Tish read a book had 565 pages.  How many pages did Adam read in his 2 books?

Adam read _______ pages in 2 books.

Solve

Adam read two books last month.  The first book had 243 pages.  The second book had 195 pages.  Tish read a book had 565 pages.  How many more pages were in Tish’s book than the two books Adam read?

Tish read _______ more pages than Adam.

Solve

Mrs. Kern flew 742 miles in a small plane in two days.  She flew 378 miles on the first day.  How many miles did Mrs. Kern fly on the second day?

Mrs. Kern flew _______ miles on the second day.

Solve

The Metro Zoo has two white tigers.

     - The female tiger weighs 383 pounds.
     - The male tiger is 96 pounds heavier than the female tiger.

What is the weight of the male tiger?  _______ 

What is the combined weight of the two white tigers?  _______ 
(think about what needs to be added)

Solve

On Saturday, the Keenan family spent $384 for admission tickets to a theme park.  They paid $197 for meals and bought souvenirs for $248. How much money did the Keenan family spend on Saturday?

What operation is used to solve this problem? _______ (addition or subtraction - spelling counts)

The Keenan family spent $_______ on Saturday.

Solve

Joshua, Carson, and Fransisco collect marbles.  Joshua has 427 marbles.  Carson has 165 more marbles than Joshua, and Fransisco has 279 fewer marbles than Carson.

How many marbles does Carson have? _______ 

Haw many marbles does Fransisco have? _______ 

How many marbles do the boys have altogether? _______

The chart shows the new books Mrs. Cortez ordered for the school library.

How many books were ordered in the fall? _______ 

How many books were ordered in the spring? _______ 

How many total books ordered were fiction? _______ 

How many total books ordered were non-fiction? _______

The chart below shows how many lunches the Gourmet Tray Cafeteria served in one week.

How many lunches were served on Tuesday and Wednesday combined? _______ 

How many more lunches were served on Tuesday and Wednesday combined than lunches served on Friday? _______ 

How many fewer lunches were served on the first day of the week than the last day of the week? _______

Mr Peña sells birds.  In July, he had three types of birds for sale.  The chart shows the numbers of each type of bird sold.

How many canaries and parakeets were sold? _______ 

How many parrots and parakeets were sold altogether? _______ 

How many more canaries were sold than parrots and parakeets combined? _______

At the campout, the Girls Scouts used colored beads to make necklaces.  They used the beads listed.

   - 656 red beads
   - 725 purple beads
   - 710 yellow beads
   - 675 green beads

How many more purple beads than red beads did the girls use? _______ 

How many green and yellow beads combined did the girls use? _______ 

This table shows the number of pounds of cans collected by three third-grade classes.

How many more pounds did Ms. Chilton's class collect than Mr. Burns' class? _______ 

How many pounds of can were collected by all three classes? _______

Solve Addition & Subtraction Problems

Select the words or phrase that determines what operation to use to solve the problem.

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?There are 369 students enrolled at Southside School. There are 448 students enrolled at Northside School. How many students are enrolled at Northside and Southside combined?

Select the words or phrase that determines what operation to use to solve the problem.

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?The school store has 341 boxes of crayons in stock. The store also has 146 boxes of markers in stock. How many more boxes of crayons than boxes of markers are in the store?

Select the words or phrase that determines what operation to use to solve the problem.

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?Adam read two books last month. The first book had 243 pages. The second book had 195 pages. Tish read a book had 565 pages. How many more pages were in Tish’s book than the two books Adam read?

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?

There are 369 students enrolled at Southside School. There are 448 students enrolled at Northside School. How many students are enrolled at Northside and Southside combined?

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?

The school store has 341 boxes of crayons in stock. The store also has 146 boxes of markers in stock. How many more boxes of crayons than boxes of markers are in the store?

Based on the previous question, what operation is used to solve the problem?

Adam read two books last month. The first book had 243 pages. The second book had 195 pages. Tish read a book had 565 pages. How many more pages were in Tish’s book than the two books Adam read?