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Sections: Addition & Subtraction, Word Problems

Section 1: Basic Calculation Problems (15 questions × 1 point each = 15 points)

Let’s warm up our math brains! Solve each addition or subtraction problem below.

  1. 128+345=128+345= ______
  2. 500−267=500−267= ______
  3. 419+78=419+78= ______
  4. 376−199=376−199= ______
  5. 234+165=234+165= ______
  6. 481−73=481−73= ______
  7. 156+328=156+328= ______
  8. 400−215=400−215= ______
  9. 277+198=277+198= ______
  10. 463−284=463−284= ______
  11. 92+407=92+407= ______
  12. 350−166=350−166= ______
  13. 183+309=183+309= ______
  14. 422−338=422−338= ______
  15. 75+425=75+425= ______

Section 2: Simple Word Problems (5 questions × 2 points each = 10 points)

Read each story carefully. These are one-step problems. What do you need to find?

Context: Our town is having a “Community Clean-Up Day” to pick up litter in local parks.

  1. On Saturday morning, volunteers collected 127 bags of trash. In the afternoon, they collected 85 more bags. How many bags did they collect in total on Saturday?
    Total bags: ______
  2. The city provided 300 reusable gloves for volunteers. After the event, 134 gloves were returned clean and ready for next time. How many gloves were not returned?
    Gloves not returned: ______
  3. A reporter counted 241 pieces of plastic litter in Pine Park. She then counted 158 pieces of plastic litter in Maple Park. How many more pieces of plastic were in Pine Park than in Maple Park?
    More pieces in Pine Park: ______
  4. Before the clean-up, a path had 417 pieces of litter. After volunteers worked, they had removed 295 pieces. How many pieces of litter were left on the path?
    Pieces left: ______
  5. One group of volunteers signed 145 people up for the event. Another group signed up 209 people. How many people signed up in all?
    Total people signed up: ______

Section 3: Slightly Challenging Word Problems (5 questions × 2 points each = 10 points)

Think it through! These problems might need two or three steps. You can do it!

Same Context: Think about the Community Clean-Up Day.

  1. On Sunday, volunteers collected 95 bags of trash in the morning and 128 bags in the afternoon. They also collected 37 bags from a nearby riverbank. How many bags did they collect on Sunday in total?
    Total Sunday bags: ______
  2. The goal for the weekend was to collect 500 bags of trash. On Saturday, they collected 212 bags. On Sunday, they collected 260 bags. Did they meet their goal? By how many bags were they over or under?
    They were ______ (over/under) by ______ bags.
  3. A volunteer tracked litter on Oak Street. On Monday, she saw 175 items. She cleaned up 89 items on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she noticed 34 new items had appeared. How many items of litter were on Oak Street at the end of Wednesday?
    Items at the end of Wednesday: ______
  4. For a prize, students needed to collect a total of 400 cans. Team A collected 167 cans. Team B collected 148 cans. Team C collected 125 cans. Did the three teams together collect enough cans to win the prize? If not, how many more did they need?
    They needed ______ more cans. (If they did win, write 0)
  5. A park had 312 pieces of litter before the clean-up. Volunteers removed 145 pieces on the first day. On the second day, they removed 98 more pieces. How many pieces of litter were still in the park after the second day?
    Pieces still in park: ______

End of Test – Please review your work before submitting.

Answer Key (For Teacher Use)

Section 1: Basic Calculation Problems

  1. 473
  2. 233
  3. 497
  4. 177
  5. 399
  6. 408
  7. 484
  8. 185
  9. 475
  10. 179
  11. 499
  12. 184
  13. 492
  14. 84
  15. 500

Section 2: Simple Word Problems

  1. 212
  2. 166
  3. 83
  4. 122
  5. 354

Section 3: Slightly Challenging Word Problems

  1. 260
  2. under, 28
  3. 120
  4. 40
  5. 69

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