IXL | Addition, subtraction, and multiplication word problems

Nicole bought 4 packages of T-shirts. Each package contained 3 T-shirts. How many T-shirts did Nicole buy in total?

T-shirts

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Devon received a book for her birthday. She looked through the book and saw it had 21 pages of writing and 8 pages of pictures. How many pages did the book have?

pages

solution

Add the numbers of pages.

Add:


	21

+	8

You can count up to add. Start from 21 and count up 8:

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29


	21

+	8

The sum is 29. Devon's book had 29 pages.

Looking for more? Try these:

Lesson: Multi-digit addition

Lesson: Multi-digit subtraction

Lesson: Multiplication tables

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T.4Multiplication word problems with factors up to 10

Subtraction word problems: up to 100

N.8Addition word problems - up to two digits

Lesson: Multi-digit addition

Lesson: Multi-digit subtraction

Lesson: Multiplication tables

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