1st Grade Word Problems

Learn to add and subtract in the game form! LogicLike team created a collection of fun math word problems for 1st graders.

Addition

Bill brought 7 apples and 3 bananas with him, but 2 of them were rotten.
How many apples are left to eat?

There are 4 stacks of berry puddings in the cafe,
7 stacks of cakes and 5 stacks of pasta salad.
How many stacks of dessert are there?

David had 8 toy cars. He got 4 more toy cars.
How many toy cars did David have in all?

Sam has 5 dinosaurs. Robert gave him 4 more dinosaurs.
How many dinosaurs does Sam have?

A family combo includes 4 drinks, 4 fries and 4 burgers.
A party combo includes 7 drinks, 5 fries and 7 burgers.
How many burgers can you get if you order one family combo and two party combos?

Can you solve some money word problems?

Subtraction

Mom cat and her kitten together weigh 8 kilograms.
Mom alone weighs 7 kilograms.
How much does her kitten weigh?

Family packed 6 packs of chips to go to the cinema and the children ate 4 packs.
How many packs of chips are left to parents?

Maggie has 7 candies.
How many more candies does she need to have 10 candies altogether?

Mark had 4 puppies and Brian had some also. They had 7 in all.
How many did Brian have?

Emma has 8 toy puppies.
How many more does she have to get to have 12 toy puppies?

Isabella had 6 cupcakes. He gave some cupcakes to Mia. Now she has 2 left.
How many cupcakes did Isabella give Mia?

Mixed addition and subtraction

You have 7 pencils and your friend has 5 pencils.
How many more pencils do you have than your friend?

James has 7 green balls and 5 yellow balls.
He throws 4 of his balls into the basket.
How many balls does he have left to throw?

There were 8 white T-shirts and 5 red T-shirts on sale. Customers bought 4T-shirts.
How many T-shirts are left?

There are 7 ladybirds and 2 caterpillars on a flower. 5 ladybirds fly off.
How many insects are left?

Luis has 7 cents. Mia has 12 cents. The cost of a pen is 20 cents.
If they put their money together, do they have enough to buy a pen?

David had ten pennies and found 5 more. Then he gave 3 pennies to Jack.
How many pennies did he have left?

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