Addition and Subtraction Vocabulary

If Bill has 9 cards, Sandra has 11 and Trish has 7, what is the total number of cards they have?

Find the sum of 42, 16 and 11.

Seven students in the class were sick and had to stay home. 15 students were still feeling great and came to class. How many healthy and sick students are there all together?

If Katie brings 12 cupcakes, Darrin brings 24 and Mario brings 36, how many cupcakes are there in all?

If you have three strings of lights. One is 3 metres, and the other two are 5 metres, how many metres of lights would you have in all?

The temperature of the oven was set to 200 degrees and you increased it by 150 degrees. What is the temperature of the oven now?

What do you get if you add 23 and 41?

How many more is 8 than 3?

What is 456 minus 283?

By how much greater is 364 than 360?

Andrew started the week with $53, however his mother took away $17.50 after he broke his sisters favourite toy. How much does he have now?

Debra the Zebra has 56 stripes. Terry the Tiger has 48 stripes. How many fewer stripes does Terry have than Debra?

Dre scored 23 points and Mohammed scored 20. How many fewer points did Mohammed score?

What would you have if you subtracted 54 from 55?

If the temperature of the room was 25 degrees and you decreased it by 7 degrees, what is the new temperature?

My grandmother is 63 and my mother is 42. What is the difference in their ages?

You took the elevator up to the 23rd floor and then took the stairs down 7 floors. What floor are you on now?

You took the elevator up 15 floors and then took the stairs to walk up another 3 floors. What floor are you on now?

When playing Snakes and Ladders your player hit the snake on the 53rd square and it sent you backwards to the 13th square. How many spaces did you lose?