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Name : Score :

Teacher : Date :

Word Problems
1 ) Dan has 23 books in his library. He bought several books at a yard sale
over the weekend. He now has 65 books in his library. How many books
did he buy at the yard sale ? _____________

2 ) Melanie found 58 seashells on the beach, she gave Nancy some of her
seashells. She has 28 seashell left. How many seashells did she give to Nancy ? _____________

3 ) Last week Mike had 37 dollars. He washed cars over the weekend and
now has 58 dollars. How much money did he make washing cars ? _____________

4 ) Jessica's high school played 19 football games this year. The team won most of
their games. They were defeated during 4 games. How many games did they win ? _____________

5 ) There are 62 poplar trees currently in the park. Park workers will plant more
poplar trees today. When the workers are finished there will be 78
poplar trees in the park. How many poplar trees did the workers plant today ? _____________

6 ) Alyssa had 76 peaches left at her roadside fruit stand. She went to the
orchard and picked more peaches to stock up the stand. There are now 96
peaches at the stand, how many did she pick ? _____________

7 ) There were 26 bales of hay in the barn. Mike stacked more bales in the barn
today. There are now 57 bales of hay in the barn. How many bales did
he store in the barn ? _____________

8 ) Nancy is baking a cake. The recipe calls for 8 cups of flour. She already put in
3 cups. How many more cups does she need to add ? _____________

9 ) There were 3 roses in the vase. Sara cut some more roses from her flower
garden. There are now 18 roses in the vase. How many roses did she cut ? _____________

10 ) Benny received 54 dollars for his birthday. He went to a sporting goods store
and bought a baseball glove, baseball, and bat. He had 41 dollars left over,
how much did he spent on the baseball gear ? _____________

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Name : Score :
Teacher : Date :

Word Problems
1 ) Dan has 23 books in his library. He bought several books at a yard sale
over the weekend. He now has 65 books in his library. How many books
42 books
_____________
did he buy at the yard sale ?

2 ) Melanie found 58 seashells on the beach, she gave Nancy some of her
seashells. She has 28 seashell left. How many seashells did she give to Nancy ? 30 seashells
_____________

3 ) Last week Mike had 37 dollars. He washed cars over the weekend and
now has 58 dollars. How much money did he make washing cars ? 21 dollars
_____________

4 ) Jessica's high school played 19 football games this year. The team won most of
their games. They were defeated during 4 games. How many games did they win ? 15 games
_____________

5 ) There are 62 poplar trees currently in the park. Park workers will plant more
poplar trees today. When the workers are finished there will be 78
16 poplar trees
_____________
poplar trees in the park. How many poplar trees did the workers plant today ?

6 ) Alyssa had 76 peaches left at her roadside fruit stand. She went to the
orchard and picked more peaches to stock up the stand. There are now 96
20 peaches
_____________
peaches at the stand, how many did she pick ?

7 ) There were 26 bales of hay in the barn. Mike stacked more bales in the barn
today. There are now 57 bales of hay in the barn. How many bales did
31 bales of hay
_____________
he store in the barn ?

8 ) Nancy is baking a cake. The recipe calls for 8 cups of flour. She already put in
3 cups. How many more cups does she need to add ? 5 cups of flour
_____________

9 ) There were 3 roses in the vase. Sara cut some more roses from her flower
garden. There are now 18 roses in the vase. How many roses did she cut ? 15 red roses
_____________

10 ) Benny received 54 dollars for his birthday. He went to a sporting goods store
and bought a baseball glove, baseball, and bat. He had 41 dollars left over,
13 dollars
_____________
how much did he spent on the baseball gear ?

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