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Addition Word Problems Worksheet

Read each problem carefully. Choose addition where it is needed, show your working for written answers, and include the correct units.

Choose the correct total

Select one answer for each question.

1.At coding club, Hana collected $36 for a team project and Hemi collected another $48. How much did they collect altogether?

2.Hugo's coding game took 4.75 minutes to load and 3.8 minutes to update. What was the combined time?

8.55 minutes
7.55 minutes
8.05 minutes

3.A morning temperature was 9°C. By afternoon it had risen by 7°C. What was the afternoon temperature?

16°C
2°C
17°C

4.A parcel has a mass of 1.85 kg, and a second parcel has a mass of 600 g. What is their total mass in kilograms?

2.45 kg
2.05 kg
2.65 kg

Show your working

Write a calculation and give each answer with its unit.

5.The coding club logged 246 bugs fixed on Monday and 187 on Tuesday. How many bugs were fixed across the two days?

6.Hana connected 2 m 68 cm of cable to one computer and 3 m 75 cm to another. What total length of cable did she use?

7.Hemi had $27.65 in the club fund. Hugo added $38.90. How much money was in the fund then?

8.A coding club workshop had 56 students in its first session and 47 in its second session. How many students attended altogether?

9.A project used 375 g of modelling material in the first build and 485 g in the next build. What mass was used in total?

Challenge and explain

Use addition to solve the challenge, then explain a useful strategy.

10.For a coding club showcase, Hana's team walked 1.8 km to the venue and 2.65 km between two activity spaces. They then walked 1.8 km back. What distance did they walk altogether?

11.Explain one reliable way to add 398 and 257. Include the total in your explanation.