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Primary 1 Math: Addition & Subtraction Word Problems Practice
Real Primary 1 Math questions on Addition & Subtraction Word Problems, pulled directly from the Olibits question bank — the same questions a child would actually see, not separately written for this page.
MOE strand: Number and Algebra
Curriculum alignment
Mathematics Syllabus, Primary One to Six (MOE, 2021 syllabus)
Taught across P1–P6.
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Real Addition & Subtraction Word Problems practice questions
Nurul picked 27 mangoes. She picked 15 more the next week. How many mangoes does she have in total?
42 ✓
12
32
52
27 + 15 = 42.
A store had 75 T-shirts. It sold 48 T-shirts. How many T-shirts are left?
23
27 ✓
33
37
75 − 48 = 27.
Priya has 38 beads and receives 12 more. Which of these calculations gives the same total number of beads she now has?
19 + 31 ✓
26 + 22
15 + 34
48 + 3
38 + 12 = 50, and 19 + 31 = 50 is the calculation that matches this total.
Ahmad solves this problem: 'Ravi has 56 marbles. He gives away 29 marbles. How many does he have left?' Ahmad writes 56 − 29 = 33, explaining he did 9 − 6 = 3 for the ones (ignoring which number was on top) and 5 − 2 = 3 for the tens. What is the correct answer, and what mistake did Ahmad make?
27 - he needed to regroup (borrow) a ten since 9 is bigger than 6, not subtract in the wrong order ✓
33 - his method was correct
37 - he should have added instead of subtracting
23 - he mixed up the digits
56 − 29 = 27. Since the ones digit 9 is bigger than 6, Ahmad needed to regroup a ten from the tens place, not just subtract 6 from 9 in the wrong order.