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There are 3 buses at school.
Another bus came to pick up
children. How many buses
are there now?
A zoo has 4 black bats and
3 fruit bats. How many
bats are there in all?
Jose has 4 toy cars. His friend
Jaime has 5 cars of his own. How
many cars do both of them have?
Julio has 3 Pokémon and Carlos
has 2 fewer than Julio. How many
Pokémon do they have all
together?
Juliana caught 6 Pokémon go
characters on the playground.
She found 1 more in the cafeteria
and 2 more in the library. How
many Pokémon did she find in all?
Julian bought 2 bags of
candy and Chloe bought 7
bags of candy. How many
bags of candy did they buy
in all?
Mrs. Hawzipta has 10 roses.
There are 4 roses that are
red. How many of the roses
are not red?
Ms. Rhodes has 6 honeybuns.
She eats 2 of them for breakfast.
How many honeybuns are left?
If Jose ate 7 tacos, and Rosa
ate 4 less than Jose, how
many tacos did Rosa eat?
There are 6 watermelon
slices on a plate. Then, 3
slices are eaten. How many
slices are left on the plate?
There are 9 girls in Mrs.
Gilliam’s class. She counted
5 girls with long hair. How
many girls have short hair?
David had 10 stickers. He
gave 4 stickers to his friend.
How many stickers does
David have left?
There were 4 ladybugs
sitting on a leaf. Then, 2
more ladybugs flew onto the
leaf. How many ladybugs are
now on the leaf?
Charlie and Joey drew
stars. Charlie drew 7
stars. Joey drew 4
less. How many stars
did Joey draw?
Dylan has 5 cookies and
Leah has 2 cookies. How
more cookies does Dylan
have than Leah?
Marsha had 7 books. She
bought 3 more at a book
sale. How many books does
Marsha have now?
There are some foxes in a
den. Then, 6 more foxes
come in. Now there are 10
foxes in the den. How many
foxes were in the den to
start?
Jerimiah has collected seven Evees.
Two of them evolved into Umbreoms.
How many Evees did not evolve?
Jairo had some video games.
His mom bought 7 more video
games. Now Jairo has 9 video
games. How many video games
did Jairo have to start with?
Mrs. Harris had 7 cookies. She
gave some to her friend. Now
she has 2 cookies left. How
many did she give her friend?
How many more pizzas did Claire
and Bonny combined eat than
Rafael ate?
Mrs. Ramirez picked 5 flowers
on Monday. On Tuesday, she
picked some more. If Mrs.
Ramirez picked 10 flowers in
all, how many flowers did she
pick on Tuesday?
Silas has 5 stickers. Joel has
3 more stickers than Silas.
How many stickers does
Joel have?
Sara’s mom made brownies and
put them on the counter. She
gave 8 brownies to Sara. Now
Sara’s mom has 4 brownies left.
How many brownies did Sara’s
mom cook?
Matthew had 4 cars and
Ryan had 5 cars. How many
cars did they have in all?
There were 2 frogs sitting on
a log. 3 more joined them.
How many frogs in all?
Mrs. Smith has 9 roses. 4 roses
are red. How many are not red?
Eli has 6 pencils. His friend,
Brad, has 10 pencils. How
many more pencils does
Brad have?
Tyler had 3 slices of pizza.
Austin had 2 more slices of
pizza than Tyler. How may
slices of pizza did Austin have?
Lisa had 5 pennies. She found
8 more pennies. How many
pennies does Lisa have now?
Bob has 5 cubes. Billy gave
him 4 more cubes. How many
cubes does Bob have now?
Luke ate 5 apples last week.
This week he ate 1 more
apple than last week. How
many apples did he eat this
week?
Jan had 7 pencils. She gave
some pencils to a friend. Now
she has 2 pencils. How many
did she give away?
Jerry had 5 toys. His friend,
John, gave him some more toys.
Jerry now has 12 toys. How
many toys did John give Jerry?
Mrs. Peter had cookies for her
students. She gave 7 cookies to
one group. Now she has 13
cookies remaining. How many
cookies did Mrs. Peter begin with?
Gerardo is two years old. His
sister is 5 years older. How old
is Gerardo’s sister?
Amber is training for a race. She
runs 4 miles on Monday, 2 miles
on Tuesday, and 4 miles on
Wednesday. How many total
miles did Amber run over three
days?
I had five cats, three
fish, and two dogs.
How many pets did I
have in all?
Bill had 9 nails in his
toolbox. Five of the nails
were rusted so he threw
them away. How many
nails did he have left in
his toolbox?
James threw the dog 7
bones. He decided to
give the dog 3 more
bones. How many total
bones did he give the
Kim was looking for 10 crayons
for school. She found 2 crayons.
How many crayons does she
still have to find?
There were eight kittens playing
with yarn. Three kittens fell
asleep. How many kittens were
still playing with yarn?
Cathy has 3 more apples than
Jon. Jon has 4 apples. How
many apples does Cathy have?
Sam has 5 more apples than
Matt. Matt has 3 apples. How
many apples does Sam have?
How many
students
voted for their
favorite fruit?
Bobby has 4 toy cars. Sam
has 3 toy cars. How many
toy cars do they have all
together?
There were 2 bunnies sitting on
the grass. Some more bunnies
hopped there. Now there are
10 bunnies. How many bunnies
hopped on the grass?
Mrs. Vazquez has 10 crayons.
6 crayons are red. How many
crayons are not red?
There are 4 frogs, 2 turtles, and
9 fish swimming in a pond. How
many more fish are there than
frogs and turtles?
TJ had 6 toy cars. He got
more toy cars for his
birthday. Now he has 9
toy cars. How many toy
cars did he get for his
A dog had 6 puppies. Some
puppies ran away. There are
now 3 puppies left. How
many puppies ran away?
How many
fewer students
like cherries
than bananas?
We saw eight monkeys.
Three monkeys ran
away. How many were
left?
Bobby has 8 toy cars. Sam has
3 more cars than Bobby. How
many cars does Sam have?
Tom has 6 fewer cars than
David. David has 12 cars. How
many cars does Tom have?
There were 10 birds sitting
in a tree. A cat climbed the
tree and some birds flew
away. There were 5 birds
that stayed in the tree. How
many birds flew away?
Michael had $5.00. His mother
gave him $3.00. How much
money does Michael have now?
There are some ducks at the
pond. Then, 4 more ducks
came. There are 10 ducks at
the pond now. How many
ducks were at the pond at
first?
Isabella had 9 markers. Carlos
had 5 markers. How many
more markers did Isabella have
than Carlos?
Brandon had some
books. He checked out
6 more books and now
he has 14 books. How
many books did
Brandon have to start
Stanley had some toy soldiers.
He left 2 of them at his friend’s
house. Now he has 6 toy soldiers.
How many toy soldiers did
Stanley have?
Juan and Mary went on a rock
hunt. Together, they collected 9
rocks. If Juan collected 4 rocks,
how many rocks did Mary collect?
On her birthday, Leah ate four
pieces of chocolate in the morning,
two pieces in the afternoon and
four pieces after dinner. How many
pieces of chocolate did Leah eat on
her birthday?
You have 8 bears in
four different colors.
You have the same
amount of bears in
each color. How many
4 ladybugs sat on a
leaf. Some more
ladybugs flew to the
leaf. Then there were
10 ladybugs on the
In an aquarium there are seven
pink fish, three purple fish, and
one orange fish. How many fish
are in the aquarium altogether?
Veronica has a block that is 2
inches tall, Kathy’s block is 4
inches tall, and Lisa’s is 11 inches
tall. How tall are all the blocks
combined?
How many
apples and
bananas are the
class favorite?
Some ants were on a hill.
Then, 2 ants jumped off.
Now there are 5 ants on the
hill. How many ants were on
the hill to begin with?
Paul has some marbles. His dad
gives him 5 more. Now he has
11. How many marbles did Paul
have to begin with?
Together, Andrew and Marques
played 10 games of basketball.
If Andrew played 3 games, how
many did Marques play?
There were 3 raccoons playing
in the woods. Then, 2 raccoons
went home to eat dinner. How
many raccoons are left in the
woods?
A classroom has 24 cookies for
their party. Carol brought 10,
James brought 2, and Matt
brought the rest. How many
cookies did Matt bring for the
party?
Students in a class voted for their favorite pet. Seven students
voted for the dog and three students voted for the bird. How
many more students voted for dog as their favorite pet than bird?
Sarah has 12 balloons. Oh
no, some popped. Sarah has
6 balloons left. How many
balloons popped?
There are 23 crayons in the
bucket. 10 crayons are red.
How many crayons are not red?
There were 11 children on the
bus. 6 children are boys. How
many children are girls?
Macy brought the teacher 2
apples, Fred brought the teacher
3 apples, and Chrissy brought 4
apples for the teacher. How
many apples does the teacher
have now?
Cathy has 3 fewer apples than
Jon. Jon has 4 apples. How
many apples does Cathy have?
Chris had 13 bags of chips. He
went shopping and got some
more bags. Now he has 20 bags
of chips. How many bags of
chips did he buy when
shopping?
8 students ate hot dogs for lunch. 12 students ate
fried chicken for lunch. How many more students ate
fried chicken than hot dogs?
Mom had ten
cookies. Dad had
six cookies. How
many cookies do
they have in all?
Jessica saw 3 blue
birds and some red
birds. Jessica saw 11
birds in all. How many
red birds did Jessica
Ben has 7 blue shirts
and some
black shirts. If Ben
has 12 shirts in all,
how many black shirts
Lisa had 10 pieces of
candy. Christina gave
her some more candy,
and now she has 13.
How many pieces did
Jack ate 12
strawberries at snack
time. He ate more
strawberries at lunch
time. If Jack ate 20
strawberries in all,
10 children were riding
their skateboards at the
park. Some children went
home to do their
homework, and 6
children kept riding their
skateboards. How many
There were 14 ducks
in a pond. Five ducks
flew away. How many
ducks were left in the
pond?
Sam ate eight
cupcakes, five cakes,
and three cookies.
How many treats did
he eat in all?
Abby had 12 butterfly
stickers on her
notebook. Tiffany had
6 more stickers than
Abby. How many
You have collected 7
crickets. How many
more crickets do you
need to have 11
crickets?
Dad had eleven hats.
He gave three hats to
Pam. How many does
she have left?
Lilly has 10 pieces of candy.
Matt has 14 pieces of candy.
How many more pieces of candy
does Matt have than Lilly?
Tracy has 7 pennies, Amy has a
nickel. Who has more money?
How much more does she have?
You have 7 balloons
and your friend has 5
balloons. How many
more balloons do you
have than your friend?
On a rainy day, Liz
counted 6 blue umbrellas
and some red umbrellas.
If Liz saw 11 umbrellas in
all, how many red
umbrellas did she count?
Rikke had 17 puppies.
She gave some to her
neighbors. Now she has
10 puppies. How many
puppies did she give to
her neighbors?
Peter had 6 toy cars. Mike gave
Peter some more toy cars. Then
Peter had 13 toy cars in all. How
many toy cars did Mike give
Peter?
Sixteen girls and
three boys went to
school. How many
more girls than boys
went.
Jim gave his dog Max
some treats. Max ate
4, but left 7 in his bowl.
How many treats did
Jim give his dog?
8 rabbits were on the
grass. Some more
rabbits hopped over
and then there were
15 rabbits on the
grass. How many more
At snack time Sam ate 3 cherries,
3 grapes, and 6 strawberries. How
many pieces of fruit did Sam eat?
At recess there were 8
girls playing hide and
seek. Nine more
joined them. How
many girls were
Peter read 10 pages
of his book before
lunch. After lunch, he
read some more
pages. If Peter read
19 pages in all, how
There were 17 balls on the
playground. 5 of them were
soccer balls and 8 were
basketballs. The rest of them
were kickballs. How many
kickballs were on the playground?
Zeniah is 10 years old. Her brother
is 3 years younger than her. What
is there combined age?
14 green frogs and 3
brown frogs are on a log.
How many frogs are there
in all?
Toby captured twelve Squirtles.
Eight of them evolved into
Wartortles. How many are not
Wartortles?
A classroom has 24 cookies for
their party. Carol brought 10,
James brought 2, and Matt
brought the rest of the cookies.
How many cookies did Matt
bring for the party?
Tess picked 7 flowers on Monday
morning. In the afternoon she
picked some more flowers. If Tess
picked 15 flowers in all, how many
did she pick in the afternoon?
At the farm, Jack saw 9 cows
and some sheep. If Jack saw 17
farm animals in all, how many
sheep did he see?
Judy has some books.
She gets 5 more from the
library. Now she has 16
books. How many books
did Judy start with?
Damian has 7 cookies on a plate.
His mother added more cookies
to the plate. Now there are 13
cookies, how many cookies did
his mother add?
A pet store had some fish in a
tank. The store sold 8 fish and
then there were 12 fish in the
tank. How many fish did the pet
store have in the beginning?
At the toy store Jill saw 6 teddy
bears, 5 panda bears, and 4
polar bears. How many bears
did Jill see?
Sarah had $12 in her purse. If
she spent $5 on lunch, how
much money does she have left?
At the farm, Jack saw 9
cows and some sheep. If
Jack saw 17 farm animals
in all, how many sheep
did he see?
William had 8 stickers. He had 5
more than Michael. How many
stickers did Michael have?
Billy has 2 dimes, 3 nickels and
4 pennies. What is the total
value of coins that Billy has?
Sam has some stickers. He
gives 4 away. Now Sam has 11
stickers. How many stickers did
he have to begin with?
Ms. Medina read 10 pages of her
book before lunch. After lunch
she read some more. If Ms.
Medina read 19 pages in all, how
many pages did she read after
lunch?
A box of Twinkies has 12 Twinkies
inside. If Sam eats 3 and Marsha
eats 4, how many Twinkies are
left in the box?
Carly had 14 ponies. 5 were
brown and the rest were
white. How many ponies are
white?
Terry has 5 lollipops, Melissa has
some lollipops. Together they
have 11 lollipops. How man
lollipops does Melissa have?
Tony and Danny were playing
with blocks. Tony had 9 blue
blocks and Danny had 8 red
blocks. How many blocks did
they altogether?
Sophia picked 9 flowers. Chloe
gave her some more flowers.
Now Sophia has 18 flowers.
How many flowers did she get
from Chloe?
Juan had 6 toy cars. Mike
gave Juan some more toy
cars. Then Juan had 13
toy cars in all. How many
toy cars did Mike give
Juan?
Kim had 9 stuffed bears. Her
mom gave her some more bears
for her birthday. Now Kim has 11
bears. How many bears did Kim
receive for her birthday?
14 children were at the
playground. At one o’clock some
children went home for lunch.
7 children stayed at the
playground. How many children
went home for lunch?
A farmer has 16 sheep
and 9 pigs. How many
fewer pigs does he
have than sheep?
There are 17 tigers and
10 lions in the zoo. How
many fewer lions are
there than tigers?
There are 20 baby bunnies
hopping in the field. 7
bunnies are white, 3 are
brown, and the rest have
spots. How many bunnies
have spots?
Tess picked 7 flowers on
Monday morning. In the
afternoon, she picked some
more flowers. If Tess picked
15 flowers in all, how many
did she pick in the afternoon?
Juanita went to the zoo. She
saw 3 giraffes, 4 elephants,
and 17 monkeys. How many
less giraffes are there than
monkeys?
It is a hot sunny day. There are
14 children in the swimming
pool 7 are boys. How many girls
are in the pool?
There are 20 tigers and 9
lions. How many more
tigers are there than lions?
A bee has 6 legs. How
many legs do 2 bees have?
Julie has 20 stickers in her sticker
album. She lost 6 of them during
recess. How many stickers are in
the sticker album now?
Jess gave out 8 cookies to
the girls in her class.
Then she gave out
cookies to the boys in her
class. If Jess gave out 14
cookies, how many
Ava has 12 balloons. Altogether
she has 4 red balloons and 3
green. How many balloons does
Ava have that are other colors?
Mrs. Brown had 17 pencils on
her desk. She gave 6 pencils to
her students. How many pencils
does Mrs. Brown have now?
Shannon picked 17 apples for
the apple tree. As she walked
home she dropped 9 apples
along the way. How many
apples does Shannon how now?
The zoo has 12 green frogs and
14 red frogs. There are 2 fewer
blue frogs than red frogs. How
many blue frogs are there?
During the summer, the water
park sold 14 water bottles, 9
snow cones and 20 ice cream
bars. How many fewer snow
cones were sold than water
bottles?
Freddy had 18 markers. He lost
some during the school year.
Now Freddy has 8 markers.
How many did he lose?
At the farm, Julie saw 7
horses and some pigs. If she
saw 20 animals in all, then
how many pigs did she see?
Juan has 18 grapes in his lunchbox.
He shared 4 of his grapes with
Samantha and he ate 10 grapes.
How many grapes are left in his
lunchbox?
Eli brought some fruit pies
for his class party. They ate 5
fruit pies. He had 10 pies left.
How many fruit pies did Eli
bring to the party?
Andrew checked out 4 library
books on Monday, 4 more on
Tuesday, and 8 on Thursday.
How many library books does
Andrew have in all?
Chrystal took her puppy to the
dog park. She saw 11 black dogs
and 7 brown dogs. How many
more black dogs were at the
park than brown dogs?
David had 10 red
apples. He picked up
11 green apples from
a bowl. How many
apples does David
A pet store had 20 fish
in a tank. The store
sold some more fish
and them there were
12 fish in the tank.
How many fish did the
At the pet shop I saw 6 kittens,
2 puppies, and 8 hamsters.
How many pets did I see?
Sara had 10 lollipops in
her pocket. She put some
lollipops in her lunchbox.
Now she has 16 lollipops.
How many were in her
lunchbox?
Paul had some baseball cards.
His friend Billy gave him 8 more
baseball cards. Now he has a
total of 14 cards. How many
baseball cards did Paul have to
start with?
The children made 18 toys.
They donated some of the
toys. Now they have 7 toys
left. How many toys did
they donate?
Tommy found 14 sea shells on
the beach. He gave his sister 9 of
those sea shells. How many sea
shells does Tommy have left?
Samantha had 19 stickers.
She gave 5 of them to her
friends. How many stickers
does she have left?
A teacher bought 20
pencils for her class.
One week later, some
pencils were missing.
Only 14 pencils were
left. How many
Trey has 12 apples. Sam has
16 apples. How many fewer
apples does Trey have than
Sam?
Jose had 20 lollipops. He gave
some to his friends. Now he
has 3 lollipops. How many
lollipops did Jose give to his
friends?
10 sandwiches were
on a plate. Some
sandwiches were
eaten.
2 sandwiches were
left on the plate. How
Sam won 25 tickets.
He got in trouble by
his teacher and lost
some of his tickets.
Now he only has 11
tickets. How many
Some students went to the
nurse. Later, eight more
students go see the nurse.
Now there are 19 students in
the clinic. How many students
went to the nurse first?
Mr. Frank had 15 erasers on his
desk. He lost some of his erasers.
Now he has 13 erasers on his
desk. How many erasers did Mr.
Frank lose?
Adam has 5 more apples than
Jackie. Jackie has 19 apples.
How many apples does Adam
have?
Maria had $15 that
she saved in her
piggy bank. Her mom
gave her $4 more for
her allowance. How
much money does
Olivia and Jay went shopping.
Olivia spent $12 and Jay
spent $10. How many more
dollars did Olivia spend?
Maria had 14 stickers. She
gave 5 to her friend Anna.
How many stickers does
Maria have left?
In first grade, there are 6
students in the gym. In
Kindergarten, there are 12
students in the gym. How
many fewer first grade
students are there?
Mario collects hot wheels. He
has 13 in his collection. Luis
has 10 more hot wheels than
Mario. How many hot wheels
does Luis have?
16 birds sat in a tree. A
cat climbed the tree
and some birds flew
away. 5 birds stayed in
the tree. How many
17 boys and four girls
were on the bus. How
many more boys than
girls were there?
There were 15 students on the
bus. Some students got off the
bus. Now there are 8 students
on the bus. How many
students got off the bus?
Anna's team scored 5 runs in the
first inning of the kickball game.
They scored 6 more runs in the
second inning and 3 runs in the
last inning. How many runs did
Anna's team score in all?
There were 12 frogs on a log.
Four more frogs joined them.
How many frogs are on the
log now?
18 children were going to run a
race in the park. 6 children left
to get a drink of water. 5 left to
play on the swings. How many
children stayed for the race?
14 children were at the
playground. At one
o’clock, some children
went home for lunch. 7
children stayed at the
playground. How many
Eli had 10 books in his basket.
Chris has 6 more books than
Eli. How many books did Chris
have?
Lucy won 7 hopscotch games
at recess. After school she
won 8 more hopscotch
games. How many games did
Lucy win in all ?
15 camels walked
through the desert.
Some camels stopped
to drink water and 9
kept walking. How
many camels stopped
Dad had 19 caps. Five
of the caps were blue.
The rest were read. How
many were red?
Jason has some Pokemon. He
captured 7 more at lunch. Now
he has 56 Pokemon in all. How
many did he start with?
Chloe made cupcakes for her
Girl Scout troop. She baked 6
strawberry cupcakes. Then
she baked 7 vanilla cupcakes.
How many cupcakes did she
bake in all?
Janice had 19 t-shirts.
She gave some t-
shirts to her brother.
Now Janice had 12 t-
shirts. How many t-
shirts did Janice give
Lucy read 13 pages in her
chapter book. Jerry read 10
pages in his chapter book.
How many fewer pages did
Jerry read than Lucy?
12 snakes lay on a rock
in the sun.
Some snakes slithered
away and then there
were 8 snakes on the
rock. How many snakes
There are 18 muffins. 5 of the
muffins are blueberry, 6 of the
muffins are banana, and the
rest are chocolate chip. How
many chocolate chip muffins
are there?
I have some coffee beads.
Jim gave me 48 more beads.
Now I have 90 beads. How
many beads did I start with?
Eric collected 69 basketball
stickers. Then he collected
27 baseball stickers. How
many total stickers does Eric
have?
Corey had 51 blue race cars.
Shamond had 18 blue race
cars. How many more race
cars does Corey have?
Jack has 24 red marbles, 38 blue
marbles, and 22 green marbles.
How many total marbles does
he have?
Camden, Julie, and Kyle were
shooting free throws. Kyle made
21 free throws. Camden made 28.
Julie made 11 more than Kyle.
How many free throws did Julie
make?
Nate has 42 model cars. His
friend gave him 23 more.
How many model cars does
Nate have now?
Sarah’s family had 80 hats.
She gave some hats away.
Now Sarah has 59 hats. How
many hats did she give away?
Lauren picked some flowers.
Sophia picked 38 more flowers
than Lauren. Together they
have 74 flowers. How many
flowers did Lauren pick?
There were 34 students on
the playground. Then, 47
more students came over.
How many students are on
the playground now?
There were 78 rabbits in the
lettuce field. Then, 12 more
rabbits joined them. How many
rabbits are there in all?
Caden needs 90 buttons for
the 90 day of school. He has
th

71. How many buttons does

Caden still need to find?
A farmer has 60 sheep and
35 pigs. How many animals
does he have all together?
There are 38 birds and 52
reptiles at the zoo. What is
the total number of birds
and reptiles at the zoo?
During the year, Jose read 47
books from the school library.
His mother bought him 29
more books to read. How many
books did Jose read all year?
Mr. Trejo had 72 pieces of
candy. He passed out 21
pieces of candy to his class.
How many pieces of candy
does he have left?
Pam has 65 stickers in her
album. Jan has 23 stickers
in her album. How many
more stickers does Pam
have than Jan?
There are 42 crickets on the
sidewalk. Then, 16 more
crickets jumped onto the
sidewalk. How many
crickets are there in all?
Corey had 59 pennies. Amyah
had 25 pennies. How many
more pennies did Amyah have
than Corey?
A tree had 62 apples. Mark
picked 16 apples off the
tree. How many apples are
left on the tree?
There are 39 red balloons
and 47 green balloons. How
many balloons are there in
all?
Sarah had 60 marbles. Her
brother took some marbles.
Sarah now has 36 marbles.
How many marbles did Sarah’s
brother take?
Maria counted her pencils.
She had 32 yellow pencils,
23 blue pencils, and 24
green pencils. What is the
total sum of her pencils?
There were 50 birds on a
wire. A few birds flew away.
Now there are 33 birds on
the wire. How many birds
flew away?
At the market, one stand has
39 oranges. Another stand
has 47 oranges. How many
oranges do both stands have
together?
Ellen has 36 more erasers
than Marin. Marin has 29
erasers. How many erasers
does Ellen have?
There were 37 balls in the
basket. More balls were added
to the basket. Now there are
53 balls. How many balls were
added to the basket?
Kyndall had 56 buttons.
Cashmere gave her 11 more.
How many buttons does
Kyndall have all together?
Phoebe had 41 stamps in
her folder. Nessi has 38
stamps in her folder. How
many stamps do they have
combined?
Christian had 58 tickets and
Skeylah had 39 tickets. How
many more tickets does
Christian have than Skeylah?
Colin collected pencils from
Xane and Matthew. Xane gave
him 55. Matthew gave him 10
more than Xane. How many
pencils did Matthew give Colin?
Jen has 36 cookies. Bob
has 78 cookies. How many
more cookies does Bob
have?
Tyson gave Mackenzie 24 flowers.
He gave Mrs. Alexander the same
number of flowers as he gave
Mackenzie. How many flowers
did Tyson have to start with?
You brought 47 balloons to a
party. Your friend also
brought 47 balloons. How
many balloons are at the
party?
There were 52 birds sitting on
the fence. 34 more birds came
to join them. How many birds
are now sitting on the fence?
Sara baked 90 cupcakes. Her
brothers ate 27 of them.
How many cupcakes do you
have left?
John collected 54 ants. How
many more ants does John
need to collect to have 75
ants?
Some pears were in the basket.
24 pears were taken from the
basket. Now there are 55 pears.
How many pears were in the
basket before some of the
pears were taken?
There were 60 students in the
gym. Some more students came
into the gym. Now there are 93
students in the gym. How many
students came into the gym?
Cam has 51 counting toy
bears. His friend gave him
12 more toy bears. How
many toy bears does he
have now?
Mary’s mom is getting ready
for Mary’s birthday party. She
blew up 66 balloons this
morning and 24 balloons this
afternoon. How many balloons
did she blow up in all?
Janet has 61 stickers on the
class chart. Sharon has 36
stickers on the class chart.
How many stickers do Janet
and Sharon have together?
There are 94 apples at the
grocery store. 25 are red and
the rest of the apples are green.
How many apples are green?
Some pears were in the bag.
12 more pears were added to
the bag. Now there are 81
pears. How many pears were
in the bag before more pears
were added?
The Grinch had 40 trees. He
stole some more trees. Now
he has 66 trees. How many
trees did he steal?
Sandra and her sisters have 76
stuffed animals and Marcie has
22 stuffed animals. How many
fewer stuffed animals does
Marcie have than Sandra?
Anna built a tower. She used
47 yellow blocks and 52 blue
blocks. How many blocks did
she use to build her tower?
There were 59 students on
the bus. At Bardin Road, 24
students got on the bus. How
many students are on the
bus now?
Jose had 46 fish in a tank. His
grandma gave him 35 more
fish. How many fish are now
in the tank?
Pam is making a necklace
with red and yellow beads.
She uses 87 beads. 34 of the
beads are red. How many of
the beads are yellow?
Sam’s teacher has 33 big
books. She also has 64 small
books. How many books does
she have altogether?
How many crayons and markers
did the students record as their
favorite coloring tool?
Rudolph blinked his nose 56
times. Then he blinked it 39
more times. How many times
did Rudolph blink his nose?
Pam found 80 leaves. Some
of them were red and some
were brown. If Pam had 42
red leaves, how many brown
leaves does she have?
I have 98 bugs in my terrarium.
There are 34 bugs above the
ground. How many bugs are
underground?
Susie has 58 apples. John
gave her 33 oranges. How
many pieces of fruit does
Susie have now?
Mary has 39 lollipops. Jane
has 15 more lollipops than
Mary. How many lollipops
does Jane have?
Kid Zone has 92 Frisbees.
There are 54 green Frisbees.
How many Frisbees are not
green?
A cafeteria has 99 seats.
There are 38 students seated
at table. How many more
students can sit in the
cafeteria?
Curious George had 81
balloons. If 14 flew away,
how many balloons does
George still have?
Bully, the dog, has 46 bones
hidden in the backyard. Bruno, the
dog, has 35 bones hidden in the
backyard. What is the total
number of bones that are hidden
in the backyard?
Ethan has 89 blocks. Julianne
has 47 blocks. How many
more blocks does Ethan have?
Look around your classroom.
How many light panels are there?
How many windows are there?
Write a number sentence to
show how many more light
panels than windows there are in
the classroom.
There are 48 swings on the
playground. If 23 kids are
swinging, how many more
kids can swing?
Ms. Mattox’s class ate 47 Kit
Kat bars. Mrs. Gooch’s class
ate 49 Snickers bars. What is
the sum of chocolate bars that
both classes ate?
The 1 grade is at lunch. They
st

have 90 cartons of milk at their

tables. If 44 students have
chocolate milk, how many
students have white milk?
Ryan has 99 comic books.
Gerry has 64 comic books.
How many fewer comic
books does Gerry have than
Ryan?
Miss Vidales has 22 students
in each computer class. If Miss
Vidales has had 4 computer
classes, how many students
have been to the computer
class?
There are 43 monsters hanging in the
forest. Each monster has 2 eyes. How
many monster eyes are there in all?
There are 69 peppers in the
garden. Some are green and 36
are red peppers. Solve to find
how many peppers are green.
Ms. Nesmith has 32 paint
brushes and 48 cups of paint.
How many more paint brushes
does she need to have one
paint brush for each paint cup?
Cal’s plant was 12 cubes tall
on Monday. It was 24 cubes
tall on Friday. How much did
the plant grow over the
week?
How many more
apple juice boxes
did students
choose as their
favorite food than
apple sauces?
Stanley had 55 toy soldiers. He
left 24 of them at his friend’s
house. How many toy soldiers
does he have now?
Tara had 36 stuffed animals. She
got more stuffed animals for her
birthday. Now she has 59 stuffed
animals. How many stuffed
animals did she get for her
birthday?
Jill has 58 blocks. There are 26
blocks that are green. The rest
are pink. How many blocks are
pink?
Alisha and her friends ate 12
Twix Bars. Then they ate 14
Butterfingers. Finally they ate
13 Hershey Kisses. How many
pieces of candy did they eat?
Mia joined 13 cubes with 7
more cubes. Don joined 16
cubes with 4 more cubes. How
many cubes do both Mia and
Don have?
Mike had $38.00. His mother
gave him $17.00 more. How
much money does Mike have
now?
Gabe collected 116 rocks.
Rachel collected 61 rocks.
How many fewer rocks did
Rachel collect?
How many
total students
participated
in the school
lunch survey?
Mike had 18 coins. He had 5
dimes and 6 pennies. The rest
were nickels. How many nickels
does he have?
Tina had 59 beads on her
bracelet. There were 36
blue beads and rest were
yellow beads. How many
beads were yellow?
Amy added 5 dimes and 2
nickels. Sue had 28¢. Show
if Amy and Sue have the
same amount of money?
Favorite Fruit How Many
How many
Pear 14
more pears
Banana 8
are there than
Apple 4
bananas and
apples?
Maria had 61 stickers. She
gave 34 to her friend, Anna.
How many stickers does Maria
have left?
Pete has 20 mice in a cage.
On Tuesday 12 mice escaped.
How many mice are still in
the cage?
Jan had 7 pencils. She gave
some pencils away. Now she has
5 pencils. How many pencils did
she give away?
There are 13 monkeys in a
tree. 5 monkeys came down.
How many monkeys are left
in the tree?
Jon had 15 stars on his chart.
He lost 6 stars at lunch. Andy
had 9 stars on his chart. How
many stars do Jon and Andy
have together?
Six cookies were on the table.
Bill ate some of the cookies.
There were 3 cookies left.
How many cookies did Bill
eat?
Tom had some candy. He gave
4 candies to a friend. Now he
has 11 candies left. How many
candies did he have to start
with?
Peter has 6 marbles. Mike gave
Peter some marbles. Peter
now had 13 in all. How many
marbles did Mike give Peter?
Ben has 19 pennies. He gave
some pennies to his sister. He
now has 10 pennies. How many
pennies did Ben give his sister?
Favorite How Many There are 19
Fruit
Pear 7
students in the
Cherry ?
class who like
fruit. How many
Apple 4
like cherries?
Sam has 5 new pencils. Mom
gave him 3 more pencils. How
many pencils does Sam have
altogether?
Jill had some crayons. Dad gave
her 6 more crayons. Now Jill has
9 crayons. How many crayons
did Jill have at the start?
Pam had 24 erasers. Tim gave
her some more erasers. Now
Pam has 80 erasers. How many
erasers did Tim give to Pam?
During the year, Tom read 46
books for homework. In school,
Tom read 48 books. How many
books did Tom read in all?
Ray had some candy. Bob gave
him 39 more pieces of candy.
Now he has 86 pieces of candy.
How many pieces of candy did
Ray start with?
Bill had 18 stickers on his sticker
chart. His teacher gave him
some more stickers. Now he has
52 stickers. How many stickers
did his teacher give to him?
Zak has 9 math problems to
answer. He has already
answered 4 problems. How
many problems does he still
need to answer?
Joe had some toy cars. He
gave 25 of the cars to his
friend. Now Joe has 47 cars.
How many cars did Joe start
with?
Jan has 63 cookies. She gave
some cookies to her friends.
Now Jan has 18 cookies. How
many cookies did Jan eat?
Ann had some pencils. She
gave 33 pencils to her friend.
Now she has 12 pencils. How
many pencils did Ann start
with?
Eduardo had 88 yellow balloons.
Angela had 35 red balloons. How
many more yellow balloons are
there than red?
Mrs. Trejo bought 18 pencils. She
gave Suzy 3 pencils, she gave
Bobby 5 pencils, and she gave
Lilly 2 pencils. How many pencils
does Mrs. Trejo have left?
Suzy put 15 pepperonis on a
pizza. Angel added some too. If
there are 31 total pepperonis
on the pizza, how many did
Angel add?
Luis had 27 pickle slices. Six
pickles fell on the floor. How
many pickles does Luis have
left?
Maria bought some toy cars for
her brother’s birthday. Nine
were red, 17 were blue, and 11
were yellow. How many toy cars
did she buy altogether?
The pet store had some puppies.
16 puppies were brown, 14
were white, and 19 were black.
How many puppies did the pet
store have?
Mrs. Trejo’s class went to the
computer lab. There are 29
computers in the computer lab,
but there are only 16 students
in Mrs. Trejo’s class. How many
computers are left?
Daniel bought a box of Air Heads.
There were 35 Air Heads in the
box. He gave Mrs. Castillo 4,
Cynthia 8, and Melanie 6. How
many Air Heads did Daniel have
left?
Patricia came to school with a
jar of 20 lady bugs. She set
three free at recess and 6 free
after school. How many lady
bugs did she have left?
Cookie Monster ate 29 cookies.
Big Bird ate 38 cookies. Elmo ate
22. How many cookies were eaten
altogether?
There are 59 pieces of bubble
gum in a jar. Hector, Michael,
and Janet chewed 6 pieces each.
How many pieces of gum were
left for the other students?
Rachel has 21 friends in her
class. She has 37 friends in
other classes. How many
friends does she have in all?
Kate has 31 chairs in her class.
There are 33 chairs in another
class. How many chairs are there
in all?
Lisa has 31 grapes. Dana
has 57 grapes. How many
total grapes do they have?
Sara has 34 cookies. Luis gave
her 47 more. How many cookies
does she have?
LeAnn has 49 paper clips. Chris
has 55 paper clips. How many
paper clips do they have
combined?
Jaden has 32 peanuts. Julia
gave him 29 more. How many
peanuts does Jaden have now?
Raymond has 28 marbles. Emily
gave him 45 marbles. How
many marbles does Raymond
have.
There are 10 soccer players on
the field. The bench is empty,
how many players are there in
all?
Darwin had 72 toy dinosaurs.
He gave 19 to Erick. How many
toy dinosaurs does Darwin
have left?
Damian had 42 pairs of socks.
His mom bought him 13
more pairs of socks. How
many pairs of socks does
Damian have now?
Clarencia had 59 sticky notes.
She used 34 of them. How many
sticky notes does she have left?
Jackson baked 36 cupcakes.
Mason baked 48 cupcakes.
How many cakes are there
combined?
Heather had 12 beads and
lost 4. How many beads
does she still have?
Jose has 15 fish in a tank. His
grandma gave him five more
fish. How many fish are now in
the tank?
Jan has no apples. Jim gave her 10
apples. How many apples does she
now have?
Mrs. Cadena had $7.00. Ms.
Brewer gave her $5.00. How
much money does Mrs. Cadena
have now?
Benito had $9.00. His dad gave
him some more money. Now
Benito has $13.00. How much
money did Benito's dad give him?
James had some money. His
dad gave him $7.00. Now he
has $16.00. How much money
did James start with?
Aiden had 17 stickers. He gave
six of them to his friends. How
many stickers does Aiden have
left?
Ashley had 14 fresh baked
cookies. Nine of them were
chocolate chip and the rest
were sugar. How many of
Ashley's cookies were sugar?
Mrs. Hardin had some pencils
in her desk. She found 6 more
on the floor. Now, she has 18
pencils in her desk. How many
pencils did Mrs. Hardin have in
her desk to start with?
There are 19 tomato plants in
the garden. On Monday, 11 of
them got watered. The rest did
not. How many of the tomato
plants in the garden did not get
watered?
Landon had 13 toy trucks. Seven
of them were yellow and the
rest were blue. How many of
Landon's toy trucks were blue?
Sammy has 120 pieces of candy.
Bobby has 41 pieces of candy.
How many more pieces of candy
does Sammy have than Bobby?