Addition word problems – up to two digits
Learn with an example
A school bus made a stop and 23 children got off the bus. However, 4 children stayed on. How many children were on the bus just before the stop?
Add the numbers of children.
Add:
| 23 + 4 |
You can count up to add. Start from 23 and count up 4:
23, 24, 25, 26, 27
| 23 + 4 = 27 |
The sum is 27. There were 27 children on the bus just before the stop.
Patty works at a women’s clothing store. Yesterday, she noticed that all her customers wore trousers or skirts: 26 customers wore trousers and 3 customers wore skirts. How many customers did Patty help yesterday?
Add the numbers of customers.
Add:
—> 26 + 3
You can count up to add. Start from 26 and count up 3:
26, 27, 28, 29
—> 26 + 3 = 29
The sum is 29. Patty helped 29 customers yesterday.
After a forest fire, there are 26 old trees, plus 1 baby tree called a sapling. How many trees are there in total?______trees
Add the numbers of trees.
Add: 26 +1
You can count up to add. Start from 26 and count up 1:
26, 27
26 + 1 = 27
The sum is 27. In total, there are 27 trees.
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