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Name: ________________________

Addition and Subtraction

Word Problem Guide

Use your iSolve card to help you solve word problems! Simply follow the stepson the card:

What’s the problem? (What’s the question asking us to find?) How will I solve it? (Is it addition or subtraction? Is there more than one

step?) Try the problem! (Work out the addition or subtraction problem.) Check your work! (Is the answer right? How can you check?)

*Always highlight what the question is asking you to find!*

There are “hint words” that help you figure out if you need to add orsubtract.

The “hint words” for addition are:

The “hint words” for subtraction are:




Example #1-I’ll show you!

Lucy has 5 toy cars. Greg has 9 toy cars. How many cars do they have in total?

step #1-Highlighted

step #2- It’s addition. 9+5

step #3- 9+5=14

step #4- Double check your answer

YOU TRY!!!

Example #2

Lilly got a box with 27 green shapes and 38 red shapes. How many shapes doesshe have in all?

step #1-

step #2-

step #3-

step #4-




Example #3

Dorris and Dillon have a lot of toy cars. They have 17 trucks, 24 cars, and 27convertibles. How many cars do they have altogether?

step #1-

step #2-

step #3-

step #4-

Example #4

Below are pictures of how many pieces of fruit Cody and Camden have aftertheir visit to the farmer’s market. What is the total amount of fruit?




Homework ticket problem!

Jan walked 7 blocks to the candy store. On the way home she took the long

route and walked 19 blocks back. How many total blocks did she walk?

--------------------------------Day #2-----------------------------

To solve a subtraction word problem you follow the same steps as yesterdayexcept you have to subtract!


Joey had 39 pieces of bubble gum. He ate 15 pieces last week. How many pieces

does he have left?

step #1-Highlighted

step #2- It’s subtraction. 39-15

step #3- 39-15=24

step #4- Double check your answer! Add the answer (24) to the smallest number(15). Your answer should equal the biggest number (39).

24+15=39




YOU TRY!!!!

Example #2

Julie and Deb put their money together to buy a set of walkie-talkies. Together

they had $69.25. They spent $49.98 on the walkie-talkies. How much money didthey have left after they bought the walkie-talkies?

step #1-

step #2-

step #3-

step #4-

Example #3

Together David and Matt won 208 tickets at the arcade. They want to buy a blow up bat to play with at the pool. The bat costs 186 tickets. How manytickets will they have left after they buy the bat?

step #1-

step #2-




step #3-

step #4-

Example #4

Scott collects baseball cards. He has 375 cards. Scott is going on vacation tovisit his cousins and wants to bring 285 with him. The rest are too valuable to

bring along. How many valuable cards does Scott have?

Homework Ticket Problem!

Quarterback Mike Hollis threw for 389 yards last weekend. This weekend hethrew for 423 yards! How many more yards did he throw this week?




--------------------------------Day #3-----------------------------

Now that you have practiced addition and subtraction problems, try two step

problems!!


Joey brought 48 cupcakes to school for his birthday. He gave one to each

person in his class. Joey has 27 kids in his class. He also wanted to give one to

his former teachers. Joey gave 6 cupcakes to his teachers. How many cupcakes

does Joey have left over?

step #1-Highlighted

step #2- It’s addition AND subtraction. 27+6 and then that answer -48

step #3- 27+6= 33 ; 48-33= 15

step #4- Double check your answer! Add the answer (15) to the smallest number

(33). Your answer should equal the biggest number (48).

33+15=48

YOU TRY!!!

Example #2

Carly has a total of 108 books. 75 of them are from The Magic Tree House

series. 8 of them are from the My Weird School series. The rest are from the

Cam Jansen series. How many books are from the Cam Jansen series?

step #1-

step #2-




step #3-

step #4-

Example #3

Ms. Riley’s class made cookies for the school bake sale. They made 300 cookies

total. 75 are chocolate chip cookies. 50 are ginger snap cookies. The rest are

sugar cookies. How many sugar cookies are there?

step #1-

step #2-

step #3-

step #4-




Example #4

Bailey had $100 and spent $52.46 on a video game. Brandon had $130 and

spent $73.47 on a video game and DVD. They want to put their left over money

together and buy a video game to share. How much money do they have

together?


Tori had 500 flowers to sell at the farmer’s market on Saturday. She ended upselling 294. Janna also had 500 flowers to sell at the farmer’s market on

Sunday. She ended up selling 482. How many flowers did they both have left

after the farmer’s market?




Name: ______________________________________

Addition Word ProblemsHomework

Directions: Read each problem carefully! Follow the steps on your iSolve to find

the answers!

1. 427 people attended the opening show of Harry Potter. 289 people

attended the second showing of the movie. How many people attended

both shows altogether?

2. 507 people ordered popcorn and a soda. 287 people ordered candy and a

soda. How many total people ordered food?




3. 258 people ordered a hot dog with ketchup. 273 people ordered a hot

dog with mustard. How many hot dogs were ordered in all?

4. On Saturday 837 people went to Pompano Beach. On Sunday 1,248

people went to the same beach. How many total people went to the beach

this weekend?

5. Matt traveled 284 miles on Monday, 80 miles on Wednesday, and 194

miles on Friday. How many total miles did Matt travel this week?




6. Drew threw for 294 yards and Conner threw for 325 yards. How many

yards did they throw for combined?

7. Ron got a guinea pig for his birthday. He still needs to buy everything for

it though! He got a cage that cost $65.00, food that cost $18.00, a wood

house for $21.85 and a nail trimmer for $15.98. How much money did

Ron pay for his guinea pig’s supplies?




Name: ______________________________________

Subtraction Word

Problems HomeworkDirections: Read each problem carefully! Follow the steps on your iSolve to find

the answers!

1. There are 197 people waiting in line to see Harry Potter. There are only

150 seats available in the movie theater. How many more people are there

than seats?

2. There were 49 sheep, 84 horses, and 74 chickens at the county fair. How

many more horses are there than sheep?

3. Julian got 117 pieces of candy from trick-or-treating. She traded her

sister 65 pieces of candy for a glow stick wand. How many pieces of

Julian’s candy remains?




4. Jacob got $55 dollars for Christmas. He wants to buy a video game that

costs $70. How much more money does Jacob need to purchase the video

game?

5. Danielle has 500 texts on her cell phone plan. She has already used 385

so far this month. How many texts remain on her plan for this month?

6. Mandi has 87 stuffed animals. Christy has 129. How many fewer stuffed

animals does Mandi have than Christy?




Name: ______________________________________

Two Step Word Problems

HomeworkDirections: Read each problem carefully! Follow the steps on your iSolve to find

the answers!

1. Martha made 6 cakes for the school carnival. Each cake needs 3 eggs.

Martha also made a batch of cookies that need 2 eggs. How many eggs

did Martha use to make goods for the carnival?

2. There are 5 shapes in Ben’s toy bucket. There are a total of 500 pieces in

the bucket. 100 of the pieces are squares, 100 of the pieces are circles, 75of the pieces are triangles, 50 of the pieces are hexagons, and the rest are

octagons. How many octagons are there?




3. Becky got a $100 gift card for her birthday to get the pet of her choice.

She decided to get a bunny. She bought the bunny for $49.95, the cage

for $34.89, food for $9.99 and chew sticks for $4.00. How much money is

left over after these purchases?

4. Morgan got paid $85 for babysitting the neighbor’s kids. She gave $30

back to her sister, and spent $15 on a movie. How much money does she

have left over?

5. Ben ran for 120 yards in week one and 82 yards in week two. Andrew ran

for 139 yards in week one and 78 yards in week two. How many more

yards did Andrew run than Ben?




Teacher’s Addition

Addition and Subtraction

Word Problem Guide

Use your iSolve card to help you solve word problems! Simply follow the stepson the card:

What’s the problem? (What’s the question asking us to find?) How will I solve it? (Is it addition or subtraction? Is there more than one

step?) Try the problem! (Work out the addition or subtraction problem.) Check your work! (Is the answer right? How can you check?)

*Always highlight what the question is asking you to find!*

There are “hint words” that help you figure out if you need to add orsubtract.

The “hint words” for addition are: *combined*increase*add*sum*altogether*together*plus*both*total*in all

The “hint words” for subtraction are: *how many more*fewer than*remains*how much more*fewer*decrease*take away*minus*difference*less than





Lucy has 5 toy cars. Greg has 9 toy cars. How many cars do they have in total?

step #1-Highlighted

step #2- It’s addition. 9+5

step #3- 9+5=14

step #4- Double check your answer

Answer: They have 14 cars total.

YOU TRY!!!

Example #2

Lilly got a box with 27 green shapes and 38 red shapes. How many shapes doesshe have in all?

step #1- “how many shapes does she have in all?”

step #2- 38+27

step #3- 38+27=65

step #4- double check!

Answer: They have 65 shapes in all.

Example #3

Dorris and Dillon have a lot of toy cars. They have 17 trucks, 24 cars, and 27convertibles. How many cars do they have altogether?

step #1-“How many cars do they have altogether?”

step #2- 17+24+27

step #3- 17+24+27=68

step #4- double check!




Answer: They have 68 trucks in all.

Example #4

Below are pictures of how many pieces of fruit Cody and Camden have aftertheir visit to the farmer’s market. What is the total amount of fruit?

9 strawberries

8 oranges

13 apples

9+8+13=30

Answer: They have 30 pieces of fruit.

Homework ticket problem!

Jan walked 7 blocks to the candy store. On the way home she took the long

route and walked 19 blocks back. How many total blocks did she walk?

19+7=26

Answer: Jan walked 26 blocks.

--------------------------------Day #2-----------------------------To solve a subtraction word problem you follow the same steps as yesterday

except you have to subtract!





Joey had 39 pieces of bubble gum. He ate 15 pieces last week. How many pieces

does he have left?

step #1-Highlighted

step #2- It’s subtraction. 39-15

step #3- 39-15=24

step #4- Double check your answer! Add the answer (24) to the smallest number(15). Your answer should equal the biggest number (39).

24+15=39

Answer: Joey has 24 pieces left.

YOU TRY!!!!

Example #2

Julie and Deb put their money together to buy a set of walkie-talkies. Togetherthey had $69.25. They spent $49.98 on the walkie-talkies. How much money didthey have left after they bought the walkie-talkies?

step #1- “how much money did they have left after they bought the walkie-talkies?”

step #2- 69.25- 49.98

step #3- 69.25- 49.98= 19.27

step #4- 49.98+19.27=69.25

Answer: They have $19.27 left.

Example #3

Together David and Matt won 208 tickets at the arcade. They want to buy a blow up bat to play with at the pool. The bat costs 186 tickets. How manytickets will they have left after they buy the bat?




step #1- “how many tickets will they have left after they buy the bat?”

step #2- 208-186

step #3- 208-186=22

step #4- 186+22=208

Answer: They had 22 tickets left.

Example #4

Scott collects baseball cards. He has 375 cards. Scott is going on vacation tovisit his cousins and wants to bring 285 with him. The rest are too valuable to

bring along. How many valuable cards does Scott have?

375-285

375-285=90

285+90=375

Answer: Scott has 90 valuable cards.


Quarterback Mike Hollis threw for 389 yards last weekend. This weekend hethrew for 423 yards! How many more yards did he throw this week?

423-389

423-389= 34

389+34= 423

Answer: He threw 34 more yards this week.

--------------------------------Day #3-----------------------------

Now that you have practiced addition and subtraction problems, try two step

problems!!





Joey brought 48 cupcakes to school for his birthday. He gave one to each

person in his class. Joey has 27 kids in his class. He also wanted to give one to

his former teachers. Joey gave 6 cupcakes to his teachers. How many cupcakes

does Joey have left over?

step #1-Highlighted

step #2- It’s addition AND subtraction. 27+6 and then that answer -48

step #3- 27+6= 33 ; 48-33= 15

step #4- Double check your answer! Add the answer (15) to the smallest number

(33). Your answer should equal the biggest number (48).

33+15=48

Answer: Joey had 15 cupcakes left over.

YOU TRY!!!

Example #2

Carly has a total of 108 books. 75 of them are from The Magic Tree House

series. 8 of them are from the My Weird School series. The rest are from the

Cam Jansen series. How many books are from the Cam Jansen series?

step #1- “how many books are from the Cam Jansen series?”

step #2- 75+8 and 108-answer

step #3- 75+8= 83

108-83= 25

step #4- 25+83= 108

Answer: 25 books are from the Cam Jansen series.




Example #3

Ms. Riley’s class made cookies for the school bake sale. They made 300 cookies

total. 75 are chocolate chip cookies. 50 are ginger snap cookies. The rest are

sugar cookies. How many sugar cookies are there?

step #1-“ how many are sugar cookies?”

step #2- 75+50

300-answer

step #3- 75+50=125

300-125= 175

step #4- 175+125=300

Answer: There were 125 sugar cookies.

Example #4

Bailey had $100 and spent $52.46 on a video game. Brandon had $130 and

spent $73.47 on a video game and DVD. They want to put their left over money

together and buy a video game to share. How much money do they have

together?

100-52.46

130-73.47

100-52.46=47.54

130-73.47=56.53




47.54+56.53= 104.07

52.46+47.54=100

73.47+56.53=130

Answer: They had $104.07 left over.


Tori had 500 flowers to sell at the farmer’s market on Saturday. She ended up

selling 294. Janna also had 500 flowers to sell at the farmer’s market on

Sunday. She ended up selling 482. How many flowers did they have left after

the farmer’s market combined?

500-294

500-482

500-294=206

500-482=18

206+18=224

206+294=500

482+18=500

Answer: They had 224 flowers left over.




Teachers Addition

Addition Word Problems


the answers!

1. 427 people attended the opening show of Harry Potter. 289 people

attended the second showing of the movie. How many people attended

both shows altogether?

427+289=716

716 people attended both shows.

2. 507 people ordered popcorn and a soda. 287 people ordered candy and a

soda. How many total people ordered food?

3. 507+287= 794

794 people ordered food.

4. 258 people ordered a hot dog with ketchup. 273 people ordered a hot

dog with mustard. How many hot dogs were ordered in all?

258+273=531

531 hot dogs were ordered.




5. On Saturday 837 people went to Pompano Beach. On Sunday 1,248

people went to the same beach. How many total people went to the beach

this weekend?

837+1,248= 2,085

6. 7. 2,085 people went to the beach.

8. Matt traveled 284 miles on Monday, 80 miles on Wednesday, and 194

miles on Friday. How many total miles did Matt travel this week?

284+80+194= 558

Matt traveled 558 miles this week.

9. Drew threw for 294 yards and Conner threw for 325 yards. How many

yards did they throw for combined?

294+325= 619

Drew and Conner threw for 619 yards combined.

10. Ron got a guinea pig for his birthday. He still needs to buy everything for

it though! He got a cage that cost $65.00, food that cost $18.00, a wood

house for $21.85 and a nail trimmer for $15.98. How much money did

Ron pay for his guinea pig’s supplies?

65.00+18.00+21.85+15.98= 120.83

Ron spent $120.83 on guinea pig supplies.




Teachers Addition

Subtraction Word

Problems HomeworkDirections: Read each problem carefully! Follow the steps on your iSolve to find

the answers!

1. There are 197 people waiting in line to see Harry Potter. There are only

150 seats available in the movie theater. How many more people are there

than seats?

197-150=47

There are 47 more people than seats.

2. There were 49 sheep, 84 horses, and 74 chickens at the county fair. How

many more horses are there than sheep?

3. 84-49= 49

4. 5. There are 49 more horses than sheep.

6. Julian got 117 pieces of candy from trick-or-treating. She traded her

sister 65 pieces of candy for a glow stick wand. How many pieces of

Julian’s candy remains?

117-65= 52

Julian had 52 pieces of candy left.




7. Jacob got $55 dollars for Christmas. He wants to buy a video game that

costs $70. How much more money does Jacob need to purchase the video

game?

70-55=15

Jacob needs $15 more dollars to buy the video game.

8. Danielle has 500 texts on her cell phone plan. She has already used 385

so far this month. How many texts remain on her plan for this month?

500-385=115

Danielle has 115 texts left on her plan for this month.

9. Mandi has 87 stuffed animals. Christy has 129. How many fewer stuffed

animals does Mandi have than Christy?

129-87=42

Mandi has 42 fewer stuffed animals.




Teachers Addition

Two Step Word Problems


the answers!

1. Martha made 6 cakes for the school carnival. Each cake needs 3 eggs.

Martha also made a batch of cookies that need 2 eggs. How many eggs

did Martha use to make goods for the carnival?

3+3+3+3+3+3=18

2

18+2=20

Martha needs 20 eggs to make goods for the carnival.

2. There are 5 shapes in Ben’s toy bucket. There are a total of 500 pieces in

the bucket. 100 of the pieces are squares, 100 of the pieces are circles, 75of the pieces are triangles, 50 of the pieces are hexagons, and the rest are

octagons. How many octagons are there?

100+100+75+50=325

500-325=175

There are 175 octagons.



3. Becky got a $100 gift card for her birthday to get the pet of her choice.

She decided to get a bunny. She bought the bunny for $49.95, the cage

for $34.89, food for $9.99 and chew sticks for $4.00. How much money is

left over after these purchases?

49.95+34.89+9.99+4= 98.83

100-98.83= 1.17

Becky had $1.17 left.

4. Morgan got paid $85 for babysitting the neighbor’s kids. She gave $30

back to her sister, and spent $15 on a movie. How much money does she

have left over?

30+15=45

85-45=40

Morgan had $40 left.

5. Ben ran for 120 yards in week one and 82 yards in week two. Andrew ran

for 139 yards in week one and 78 yards in week two. How many more

yards did Andrew run than Ben?

120+82= 202

139+78= 217

217-202= 15

Andrew ran 15 more yards than Ben.

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