G1 Math Word Problems

Jen has 8 apples. Pat has 10 apples. How many more apples does Pat have than Jen?

There are 3 inches of snow on the ground and we get 3 more inches of snow. How many inches of snow did we get in all?

Esther read 3 poems. Magenna read some more poems. Altogether they read 7 poems. How many poems did Magenna read?

Antonio has some marbles. HisbrotherAlex gives 5more. Now Antonio has 8marbles. How many did Antonio have to begin with?

The zoo had 8 tigers. 3 of the tigers moved to another zoo. How many tigers were left?

Nicholas has 7 cousins. Some are girls and 3 of his cousins are boys. How many girl cousins does Nicholas have?

Paul has 3 blue cubes in a box. Then he put 6 yellow cubes in the box. How many cubes did Paul put in the box?

Charlie’s mom baked 12 cookies for dessert. Charlie ate 2 cookies and his mom ate 1 cookie. How many are left?

Angel serves pizza at her birthday party. The pizza has 12 slices. 8 slices of pizza are eaten. How many are left?

If you have 3 cats, 2 guinea pigs, and a bunny. How many cute little noses do they have altogether?

My sister and I have 20 pennies. If my sister has 10 pennies, how many pennies do I have?

Dan has 7 dogs. 3 of the dogs are black and the rest are brown. How many of his dogs are brown?

If you have an 8crayons and you give your friend 3. How many crayons do you have in your pack?

He has 8 t-shirts. 5 of them have characters on them, and the rest are not. How many of the t-shirts have no characters?

Jackson sorted his toy cars by color. He has 6 blue cars, 5 green cars, and 4 black cars. How many does Jackson have?

8 birds flew to the top of a fence. Some birds flew away and 6 birds stayed. How many birds flew away?

Haley’s dad bought 8 cheeseburgers. Haley ate 1 of them. How many cheeseburgers does Haley’s dad have left?

You brought home some fish from the pet store. If 15of your 18fish have stripes. How many of fish are without strips?

Joel went to the zoo with his family. He saw a bear, 2 tigers, and 3 lions. How many animals did he see in all?

I had 10 pennies, but I lost 2 of them. How many pennies do I have now?

Emily has 4 pink erasers and some white erasers. She has 7 erasers in all. How many white erasers does Emily have?

It snowed for 6 hours on Monday and 4 hours on Tuesday. How many more hours did it snow on Monday?

Santiago read 7 books over the summer. Ryan read 5 books. How many more books did Santiago read than Ryan?

Tina is 3, Joshua is 4, and Samantha is 7. How old are they in all?

Ben has 2 green balloons and 4 yellow balloons. How many balloons does he have altogether?

7 red apples and 5 green apples are on the tree. How many apples are on the tree?

Cat has 3 fewer apples than Jon. Jon has 4 apples. How many apples does Cat have?

Gina’s dog got 3 treats on Sunday and 0 treats on Monday. How many treats did Gina’s puppy get in all?

Gabriella read 3 books on Monday, 6 books on Tuesday, and 4 books on Wednesday. How many books did he read in all?

There were 6 books on the shelf. Olivia took some of the books. Now there are 2 books. How many books did Olivia take?

My cat has 4 paws and my brother’s dog has 4 paws. How many paws are there in all?

If you go for a swim and 6 of your friends come along, how many friends are swimming in total?

I had 6 pencils, and my teacher gave me 4 more. How many pencils do I have now?

If you have 9 toys on the floor and your little brother has 6 toys on the floor. How many more on the floor do you have?

12 apples are on the table. 5 of them are green and the rest are red. How many apples are red?

Sam has 5 more apples than Matt. Sam has 7 apples. How many apples does Sam have?

Cat has 3 more apples than Jon. Jon has 4 apples. How many apples does Cat have?

Jamal has 6 toy airplanes and his brother has 4 toy airplanes. How many more toys does Jamal have than his brother?

Pedro brought in 3 red leaves and 6 yellow leaves from the playground. How many leaves does he have in all?

There were 9 cups on the table. Some of the cups were knocked over, and 6were standing. How many cups were knocked over?

He has some toys in his backpack and 4 toys on his desk. He has 8 toys altogether. How many toys are in his backpack?