Word Problems

These are my word problems. I found them really easy and fun to do. 


Subtraction Word Problems


Jim had 687 plants in his garden. The next door neighbour’s dog ate 288 of them. How many plants were left? 399





Taylor had 1000 texts on his plan for the month and sent 782. How many did he have left? 218





Samuel had a bag of lollies that had 643 lollies in it. He ate 296 of them. How many were left? 347





Polly’s iPod holds 2000 songs. She has 1023 on hers. How Many more songs could she purchase? 977





Zak had 208 chocolates. He gave away 139. How many did he have left? 69





Toby started the day with a goal to take 4000 steps during the day. By lunchtime he had take 685. How many more steps did he have to take to reach his goal? 3315





Amanda cooked 431 pieces of toast on camp. 378 were eaten. How many were left over? 53





Frank had to swim 990 lengths of the pool. On Monday he swam 54. How many did he have left to do? 936


Tom had to write a 770 word essay. On his last count he had written 158 words. How many did he have left to write? 612





Sally sent 56 text messages on Monday. She wanted to make it to 100. How many more did she have to send? 44