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Addition Word Problems for Practice

The document provides 10 word problems involving addition of quantities to solve for a total amount. Students are asked to write the number sentence needed to solve each problem and provide the answer. An extension asks students to write their own word problems involving addition.

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Addition Word Problems for Practice

The document provides 10 word problems involving addition of quantities to solve for a total amount. Students are asked to write the number sentence needed to solve each problem and provide the answer. An extension asks students to write their own word problems involving addition.

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Name: _______________ Date: ___________

Real Life Problems 1

AIM: To use addition to solve a word problem

Read these problems and write down calculation you


need to do before working out the answer.

1. I bought a bag for 35p and another for 42p. How much
did it come to?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

2. I have 52 red books and 19 green books. How many books


do I have?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

3. In a small school there are 38 girls and 59 boys. How


many children are there in total?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

4. As a teacher I buy 91 pens and 31 pencils a year. How


many pens and pencils do I buy?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

5. In Year 3 there were 35 children and in Year 4 there


were 33 children. How many children were in Year 3 and
4?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

6. In a car park there are 75 red cars and 25 blue ones.


How many cars are there?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________
7. 58 children are watching a football match. 27 more
children come to watch. How many are now watching the
match.
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

8. If we have 19 tennis balls, 17 footballs and 21 rugby balls,


how many balls do we have?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

9. In my wallet I have 22p, in my pocket I have 49p and in


my pot at home I have 75p. How much do I have in total?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

10. In a car park there are 15 red cars, 25 blue ones and 100
green cars. How many cars are there?
Number Sentence: ______________
Answer: __________

Extension
Write some of your own word problems below…. e.g. Bob bought 6 apples,
4 pears and 1 pineapple. How many pieces of fruit did he have?

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