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Addition Word Problems

Read each problem carefully. Choose an answer or write a number sentence and solve it. Show your working where there is space.

Choose the answer

Use addition to solve each school-play problem.

1.The play's costume team has 27 hats and 16 capes ready. How many costume pieces are ready altogether?

2.Tickets for the school play cost $5.40 for an adult and $3.25 for a child. What is the cost of one adult ticket and one child ticket together?

$8.55
$8.65
$8.75
$9.65

3.The audience clapped 138 times after the first scene and 76 times after the second scene. Which number sentence represents the total number of claps?

138 − 76 = ?
138 + 76 = ?
138 × 76 = ?
76 − 138 = ?

Write a number sentence

Show the addition you used and give the answer.

4.Amira painted 146 stars for the play's backdrop. Hudson painted 87 more. Write a number sentence and find how many stars they painted altogether.

5.A box contains 235 play programmes, and another box contains 168. Write a number sentence to find the number of programmes in both boxes.

6.Matilda's stage crew collected 96 paper lanterns, and another crew collected 78. Find the combined number of lanterns. Include a number sentence and your answer.

Solve and explain

Take care with the larger numbers and decimal amounts.

7.For the play's refreshments, Matilda collected $14.75 on Monday, $19.50 on Tuesday and $8.25 on Wednesday. How much did she collect altogether? Show your working and explain how you added the amounts.

8.The play crew packed 327 paper stars in one carton and 186 in another. Find the total number of stars. Write a number sentence and explain one step in your calculation.

9.The school play sold 248 tickets on Friday, 193 on Saturday and 167 on Sunday. How many tickets were sold on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday)? How many tickets were sold across all three days? Show both additions.