Addition & Subtraction Word Problems

There are 365 days in a year. 185 days have passed by already. How many days are left?

Joe has 16 footballs and Dylan has 24. How many do they have altogether?

Carrie had 26 pencils and Lane had 54. How many more does Lane have than Carrie?

Kelly has 10 blue dots, 10 green dots, and 15 red dots on her shirt. How many dots are on her shirt?

Joe earned 146 points in the game and Sally earned 96. How many more did Joe earn than Sally?

Karrie spent $4.50 on a hat and $3.50 on mittens. How much money did she spend in all?

Sami has 156 giraffe pictures and her friend Jill gave her 65 more. How many does Sami have now?

Tom made 31 paper airplanes and Jen made 51. How many more planes did Jen make than Tom?

Mrs. Bartram had 36 students. 12 of her students were boys. How many were girls?

Syd collected 1,267 box tops today and 945 yesterday. How many did she collect in all?