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1 ) Sally is baking a cake. The recipe calls for 7 cups of flour and 3 cups of
sugar. She already put in 4 cups of flour. How many more cups of flour does
she need to add ? _____________

2 ) Last week Tim had 13 dollars and Jason had 19 dollars. Tim washed
cars over the weekend and now has 64 dollars. How much money did
Tim make washing cars ? _____________

3 ) Sandy found eighty - five seashells and thirty - seven starfishes on the beach. She gave
Joan some of her seashells. She has twenty seashell left. How many seashells
did she give to Joan ? _____________

4 ) The store has CD's and DVD's that you need. How many packs of DVD's can you buy
with 153 dollars if one pack costs 17 dollars ? _____________

5 ) After paying six dollars for the pie, Melanie has sixty - seven dollars left, her friend
has fifteen dollars. How much money did she have before buying the pie ? _____________

6 ) The company has large and small ink cartridges in stock. How many ink
cartridges can you buy with 135 dollars if
one cartridge costs 15 dollars ? _____________

7 ) There are thirty - six dogwood trees and eighteen rose bushes currently in the park.
Park workers will plant more dogwood trees today. When the workers are finished there
will be sixty - seven dogwood trees in the park. How many dogwood trees did the workers
plant today ? _____________

8 ) There were 25 bales of hay in the barn and 23 bales in the shed. Benny
stacked more bales in the barn today. There are now 79 bales of hay in the
barn. How many bales did he store in the barn ? _____________

9 ) Tom has forty - seven books and twenty - six magazines in his library. He bought
several books at a yard sale over the weekend. He now has sixty - five books in
his library. How many books did he buy at the yard sale ? _____________

10 ) Nancy's high school played seventeen soccer games this year and four were at night.
The team won most of their games. They were defeated during two games. How many
games did they win ? _____________

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Word Problems
1 ) Sally is baking a cake. The recipe calls for 7 cups of flour and 3 cups of
sugar. She already put in 4 cups of flour. How many more cups of flour does
3 cups of flour
_____________
she need to add ?
2 ) Last week Tim had 13 dollars and Jason had 19 dollars. Tim washed
cars over the weekend and now has 64 dollars. How much money did
51 dollars
_____________
Tim make washing cars ?
3 ) Sandy found eighty - five seashells and thirty - seven starfishes on the beach. She gave
Joan some of her seashells. She has twenty seashell left. How many seashells
65 seashells
_____________
did she give to Joan ?
4 ) The store has CD's and DVD's that you need. How many packs of DVD's can you buy
with 153 dollars if one pack costs 17 dollars ? 9 packs
_____________

5 ) After paying six dollars for the pie, Melanie has sixty - seven dollars left, her friend
has fifteen dollars. How much money did she have before buying the pie ? 73 dollars
_____________

6 ) The company has large and small ink cartridges in stock. How many ink
cartridges can you buy with 135 dollars if
9 cartridges
_____________
one cartridge costs 15 dollars ?
7 ) There are thirty - six dogwood trees and eighteen rose bushes currently in the park.
Park workers will plant more dogwood trees today. When the workers are finished there
will be sixty - seven dogwood trees in the park. How many dogwood trees did the workers
31 dogwood trees
_____________
plant today ?
8 ) There were 25 bales of hay in the barn and 23 bales in the shed. Benny
stacked more bales in the barn today. There are now 79 bales of hay in the
54 bales of hay
_____________
barn. How many bales did he store in the barn ?
9 ) Tom has forty - seven books and twenty - six magazines in his library. He bought
several books at a yard sale over the weekend. He now has sixty - five books in
18 books
_____________
his library. How many books did he buy at the yard sale ?
10 ) Nancy's high school played seventeen soccer games this year and four were at night.
The team won most of their games. They were defeated during two games. How many
15 games
_____________
games did they win ?

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