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Addition word problems 
  
 
 
Charlie and his father, an engineer, decided to build a treehouse in 
their backyard.  
 
1. In order to start constructing the house, Charlie and his father 
needed to gather some wood from the forest. If they initially 
have 15 extra planks of wood in the house and Charlie and his 
father got 10 planks of wood each, how many pieces of wood 
do they have in total? 
 
 
 
 
 
2. While building the house, Charlie noticed that they were 
running out of nails, so he told his father he is going to buy 
some. If they still have 9 nails left and Charlie bought 2 boxes of 
nails, the big one containing 55 nails and the small one 
containing 31, how many nails will they have? 
 
 
 
 
 
3. To have a more stable treehouse, Charlie’s father decided to 
tie the corner posts of the house to the tree itself. He used 24 
inches of rope for the first post, 20 inches on the second, 14 
inches on the third and 12 inches on the fourth. He 
also had 15 feet of cable but did not use that. 
How many inches of rope were used? 
 
 
 
  
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Addition word problems 
  
 
 
Charlie and his father, an engineer, decided to build a treehouse in 
their backyard.  
 
1. In order to start constructing the house, Charlie and his father 
needed to gather some wood from the forest. If they initially 
have 15 extra planks of wood in the house and Charlie and his 
father got 10 planks of wood each, how many pieces of wood 
do they have in total? 
 
 
 
 
 
2. While building the house, Charlie noticed that they were 
running out of nails, so he told his father he is going to buy 
some. If they still have 9 nails left and Charlie bought 2 boxes of 
nails, the big one containing 55 nails and the small one 
containing 31, how many nails will they have? 
 
 
 
 
 
3. To have a more stable treehouse, Charlie’s father decided to 
tie the corner posts of the house to the tree itself. He used 24 
inches of rope for the first post, 20 inches on the second, 14 
inches on the third and 12 inches on the fourth. He 
also had 15 feet of cable but did not use that. 
How many inches of rope were used? 
 
 
 
  
                                             
 
 
 
       
4. The treehouse is almost done; all they need is to paint it. His 
father estimated that they will use 20 ounces of white paint, 15 
ounces of green paint and 34 ounces of brown paint and 6 
paintbrushes. How many ounces of paint would they buy in 
total? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Upon finishing the treehouse, Charlie’s mother served them 
freshly baked cookies. If Charlie ate 15 cookies, his father ate 10 
and his mother only ate 5, please write an equation to show 
how many cookies were eaten in total?  
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Addition word problems 
  
 
 
Charlie and his father, an engineer, decided to build a treehouse in 
their backyard.  
 
1. In order to start constructing the house, Charlie and his father 
needed to gather some wood from the forest. If they initially 
have 15 extra planks of wood in the house and Charlie and his 
father got 10 planks of wood each, how many pieces of wood 
do they have in total? 
 
 
 
 
 
2. While building the house, Charlie noticed that they were 
running out of nails, so he told his father he is going to buy 
some. If they still have 9 nails left and Charlie bought 2 boxes of 
nails, the big one containing 55 nails and the small one 
containing 31, how many nails will they have? 
 
 
 
 
 
3. To have a more stable treehouse, Charlie’s father decided to 
tie the corner posts of the house to the tree itself. He used 24 
inches of rope for the first post, 20 inches on the second, 14 
inches on the third and 12 inches on the fourth. He 
also had 15 feet of cable but did not use that. 
How many inches of rope were used? 
 
 
 
  
                                             
 
 
 
       
4. The treehouse is almost done; all they need is to paint it. His 
father estimated that they will use 20 ounces of white paint, 15 
ounces of green paint and 34 ounces of brown paint and 6 
paintbrushes. How many ounces of paint would they buy in 
total? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Upon finishing the treehouse, Charlie’s mother served them 
freshly baked cookies. If Charlie ate 15 cookies, his father ate 10 
and his mother only ate 5, please write an equation to show 
how many cookies were eaten in total?  
                                             
 
 
 
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Answers 
 
1. 15 + 10 + 10 = 35 
There are 35 planks of wood. 
 
2. 9 + 31 + 55 = 95 
They have 95 pieces of nails. 
 
3. 24 + 20 + 14 + 12 = 70 
Charlie’s father used 70 inches of rope. 
 
4. 20 + 15 + 34 = 69 
They should buy a total of 69 ounces of paint. 
 
5. 15 + 10 + 5 = 30 
There were 30 cookies eaten.