Numberless Word Problems

Mrs. Little needs _________ books for her reading clubs. If she already has _________ books, how many more does she still need? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Ms. Parker rides her bike ______ miles this week. If she rode her bike the same distance for _____ weeks, how many miles did she go bike riding? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Mr. Porter has _________ pieces of rope. Each piece is _____ feet long. How many total feet of rope does he have? Which operation would be best to solve this problem?

Mrs. Valentine has _______ colored pencils. She gives ________ to her friend. How many colored pencils does she have now? Which operation will you use to solve this?

The red team had ______ total players. The blue team had _____ players. How many players were there? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Jake is _______ inches tall. His brother is ________ inches tall. How many more inches tall is Jake than his brother? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

There were ________ boxes of pencils at the beginning of the year. There were ______ pencils in each box. How many pencils were there? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Mrs. Bohenek ran _____ miles. Mr. Porter ran _____ miles . How many more miles did Mrs. Bohenek run than Mr. Porter? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Mrs. Valentine writes notes to her students. If she has _____ students and writes _____ notes to each, how many notes did she write? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Ms. Bohenek and Mrs. Berger were making cakes. Ms. Bohenek made ______ cakes and Mrs. Berger made ______ cakes. How many cakes did they make? Which operation will you use to solve this?

KGES had _______ teachers last year. This year ________ more teachers joined our staff. How many teachers are there this year? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Mrs. Parker has ______ feet of crafting ribbon. She used some of the ribbon on a project. Now she has _____ feet of ribbon. How much ribbon did she use on the project. Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Ms. Darling has many computers to pass out! She passes out _____ to some students. Now she has _______ computers. How many did she have to begin with? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

There were ______ frogs on the log. There were ______ logs. How many frogs are there total? Which operation would be best to solve the problem?

Mrs. McLinda knows _____ songs about math. If each song is ______ minutes long, how many minutes of math songs does she know? Which operation would be best to solve this?