Word Problems:

Addition and Subtraction

Practice 1 Word Problems (1)

Solve
(1) Nicholas walked 1350 steps to reach point A and another 2396 steps to reach
point B. How many steps did he take altogether?

B
?

____________

_______________ = ______________

Nicholas took __________ steps altogether.

Step 1 What have I gathered from the

problem?
Step 2 How do I solve it?
Step 3 What do I need to find?
Step 4 How can I check the answer?
(2) Ramil had $5098. He paid $1243 for a holiday trip. How much did he have
left?
$
?

$____________

$_______________ = $______________

Ramil had $________________ left.

(3) Tom and Jane have 2321 cards altogether. Jane has 1568 cards. How many
cards does Tom have?
?

____________

_______________ = ______________

Tom has _____________ cards.

(4) There are 2871 building blocks in a container. Joel adds 1389 more blocks into
the container. How many building blocks are there altogether?

(5) John sold 2390 bottles of water on Saturday. On Sunday, he sold 350 more
bottles than on Saturday. How many bottles of water did he sell on Sunday?

(6) Janice had 1458 stamps. She had 396 fewer stamps than Benny. How many
stamps did Benny have?

Practice 1 Using Part-Whole Addition and Subtraction

Solve
(1) 62 boys and 27 girls performed at a Teachers Day concert. How many
children performed at the Teachers Day concert altogether?
62

27

?
62 + 27 = __________________
_____________ children performed at the Teachers Day concert altogether.
(2) Rani collected 65 seashells last year. She collected 19 seashells this year.
How many seashells did she collect in both years altogether?
65
19

?
She collected _________ seashells in both years altogether.

(3) A seamstress sewed 427 uniforms last month. She sewed 215 uniforms this
month. How many uniforms did she sew in both months altogether?

She sewed ________ uniforms in both months altogether.

(4) Miss Sharon has 129 girls in her morning dance class. She has 178 girls in her
evening dance class. How many girls are there in both her dance classes
altogether?

There are ________ girls in both her dance classes altogether.

(5) Mr. Lim washed 65 dishes in two days. He washed 33 dishes on the first day.
How many dishes did he wash on the second day?
33

?
65

He washed ________ dishes on the second day.

(6) There are 278 people around a campfire. 26 of them are teachers and the
rest are pupils. How many pupils are there?
26

278

There are ________ pupils.

(7) A toy factory made 625 teddy bears in two days. 277 teddy bears were made
of the first day. How many teddy bears did the toy factory make on the
second day?

The toy factory made ________ teddy bears on the second day.
(8) A postman delivered 999 letters in two days. He delivered 306 letters on
Monday and the rest of the letters on Tuesday. How many letters did he
deliver on Tuesday?

He delivered ___________ letters on Tuesday.