Problem Solving in WordsAddition and Subtraction

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Joan's high school played 637 football games this year. She attended 577 games. How many football games did Joan miss ?

Answer : 60 games

There are 102 pencils in the drawer. Benny placed 133 more pencils in the drawer. How many pencils are now there in all ?

Answer :235 pencils

Dan found 636 seashells on the beach. he gave Melanie 526 of the seashells. How many seashells does he now have ?

Answer:110 seashells

Fred has 906 baseball cards. Joan bought 416 of Fred's baseball cards. How many baseball cards does Fred have now ?

Answer: 490 baseball cards

Sara has 666 orange balloons, she gave Nancy 434 of the balloons.How many orange balloons does she now have ?

Answer: 232 orange balloons

Solve the problems

a) There are 215 oranges in the first basket and 251 oranges in the second basket. How many oranges are there altogether?

Answer: There are 466 oranges altogether.

b.) In a school, there are 735 boys and 217 girls. Find the total number of students in the school.

c.) A bag weighs 300 grams. Rachel put 672 grams of sugar in it. What is the weight of the bag of sugar? If she gives away 276 grams of sugar, how much does the bag of sugar weigh now?

d.)John bought 617 chocolates bars on his birthday. He gave 129 chocolate bars to his friends ad he ate 20 chocolate bars. How many chocolate bars are left with him now?