Free One-Step Review - Addition & Subtraction (Grades 4-5)

Grades 4-5 Math

4.OA.A.3 5.OA.A.1

Worksheet 1: One-Step Review — Addition & Subtraction

One-Step Word Problems with Addition and Subtraction, with Full RUPSC Scaffolding • Standards: 4.OA.A.3

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Directions: Solve each word problem using the RUPSC framework. For every problem on this worksheet, fill in ALL five steps. This will feel like a lot of writing at first — that is on purpose! You are building a habit that will help you solve much harder problems later.

1. Marcus had 347 baseball cards in his collection. He bought 185 more cards at a yard sale. How many baseball cards does Marcus have now?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

2. A school cafeteria prepared 520 lunches on Monday. Students ate 387 of them. How many lunches were left over?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

3. Emma’s family drove 1,248 miles on their vacation. On the way home, they drove 1,075 miles along a different route. How many more miles did they drive on vacation than on the way home?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

4. The fourth-grade class collected 2,156 cans for the food drive. The fifth-grade class collected 1,894 cans. How many cans did both classes collect altogether?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

5. A movie theater has 450 seats. For the afternoon showing, 278 seats were filled. How many seats were empty?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

6. Coach Rivera ordered 144 water bottles for the soccer tournament. After the tournament, there were only 59 water bottles left. How many water bottles were used during the tournament?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

7. A bookstore had 3,750 books on its shelves on Monday morning. A delivery truck brought 1,285 more books that afternoon. How many books does the bookstore have now?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

8. Mr. Chen’s class is reading a book with 296 pages. So far, Mia has read 178 pages. How many pages does she have left to read?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

9. At field day, the red team scored 1,345 points and the blue team scored 1,520 points. How many more points did the blue team score than the red team?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

10. A bakery made 864 cookies in the morning and 739 cookies in the afternoon. How many cookies did the bakery make that day?

Step	Your Work
R — Read	I read the problem twice. It is about:
U — Understand	Question: Important info:
P — Plan	Operation I will use: Why:
S — Solve
C — Check	My answer is: Does it make sense? Did I answer the question?

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