WORD QUESTIONS –

Addition and Subtraction

1. Sandy found 319 seashells on the beach. She gave 225 of the seashells
to Fred. How many seashells does Sandy now have?
319
-225
94
2. Mary's high school played 823 baseball games this year. She attended
481 games. How many baseball games did Mary miss?
823 7-4
-481 7 subtract 4

342 Subtract 4 by/from 7

3. Sara picked 106 pears and Sam picked 134 pears. Tom picked 117
oranges. How many pears were picked in total?
106
+134
240

4. Sam has 615 red and 121 black marbles. Dan took 392 of Sam's red
marbles. How many red marbles does Sam now have?
Number of red marbles with Sam 615
Number of red marbles Dan took -392
Number of red marbles remaining with Sam 223

5. Tom has 132 books. Melanie has 112 books. How many books do they have
together?
Number of books Tom has 132
Number of books Melanie has +112
Total number of books both have 244

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 6. There are 110 walnut trees currently in the park. Park workers will plant 112
more walnut trees today. How many walnut trees will the park have when
the workers are finished?
Number of walnut trees currently in the park 110
Number of walnut trees to be planted +112
Total number of walnut trees 222

7. Sally had 779 rupees in her bank. She spent 338 of her rupees. How many
rupees does she have now?
Amount of rupees Sally had in her bank 779
Amount of rupees Sally spent -338
Amount of rupees remaining in Sally’s bank 441

8. Sally had 670 baseball cards, and 9 were torn. Sam bought 321 of Sally's
baseball cards. How many baseball cards does Sally have now?
9. There are 101 erasers in the drawer. Jason placed 108 more erasers in the
drawer. How many erasers are now there in total?
10. Sam grew 125 cantelopes and 139 pumpkins. Dan grew 110 cantelopes.
How many cantelopes did they grow in all?
11. Olivia is the manager of a restaurant. Today she is extra busy because there
are a lot of surprises at work.
(i) 213 waiters are supposed to be at work. But 4 of them called in sick.
Olivia managed to call two extra waiters to come in to work. How
many waiters are working today?
(ii) The chef used to have 140 assistants to help him in the kitchen, but
he fired 13 of them yesterday and 5 of them called in sick today. How
many assistants are there working in the kitchen?
(iii) At lunch time, the waiters take 25 orders, but the kitchen only made
food for 22 orders. How many orders are missed?
1346
12. A suitcase weighed 1346 pounds, and its weight changed by reducing 135 135-
1211
pounds of material and then adding 260 pounds of clothes. How much does 260+
it weigh now? 1471

13. A building's height increased by 132 feet when a new floor was added, but
then it reduced by 18 feet due to renovations. If it was initially 53 feet, how
tall is it now? Height of the building = 53
Height increased with new floor = 132+
Height with the new floor = 185 Page 2 of 3
Height reduced in renovation = 18-
Latest height of the building = 167
14. A dress was originally 82 inches long but was tailored to be 46 inches. Later,
13 inches were added for a new design. How much shorter is the dress now
than originally?
15. A car was initially priced at $2780. The price was decreased by $352 in a
sale but then increased by $262 for added features. What is the new price
of the car?
16. A marathon is 94 miles long. A runner has completed 36 miles and then
takes a break for 15 miles. How much longer is left in the race for the runner?
17. Jenny got 223 presents for her birthday. Then, her grandmother came and
gave her 17 more. How many presents did she have in total?
18. Alex baked 440 cupcakes on Monday and 560 cupcakes on Tuesday. How
many cupcakes did he bake in total?
19. Sarah ran for 31 minutes, had a break for 5 minutes, then ran for 18 more
minutes. How long did she for?
20. At the park, there were 1192 girls and 1234 boys. How many children were
there in total?
21. Peter went shopping and bought 219 pastries, 118 small pies and 47 loaves
of bread. How many items did he buy altogether?
22. Sandra worked at the local bakery. She earned $192 on Monday, $183 on
Tuesday, $144 on Wednesday and $207 on Thursday. She took the day off
on Friday. How much money did she earn that week?
23. Jono entered a pie eating contest over a 5 day period. He ate 19 pies on the
first day, 27 on the second, 24 on the third, 23 on the fourth and 33 on the
fifth day. How many pies did he eat in total?
24. Lucy had 520 apples. She lost 312 apples but then found 273 more. How
many are left?
25. There were 16 birds on a tree. 7 more birds joined, and then 8 birds flew
away. How many have left the tree?
26. Tim had 4 pencils. He gave 1 pencil to his friend and then got 3more pencils
from his teacher. How many did not have after giving and getting pencils?
27. Sara had 712 flowers. She picked 223 more and then gave away 130 flowers.
How many more flowers does she have now compared to when she started?
28. John had 383 candies. He bought 412 more candies but lost 120 of them.
How many remain?

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