Finding 100, 1,000 and 10,000 More or Less (Word)

Sep 30, 2026

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Mental math practice focused on adding and subtracting 100, 1,000, and 10,000 to solve everyday word problems. Problems involve scenarios such as collecting baseball cards, cans at a recycling center, points scored in a video game, cars in a parking garage, words in books, bread loaves sold by a bakery, travelers at an airport, pages printed, park visitors, and corn ears harvested. An accompanying answer key provides the computed results for the set of questions.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages3

Reading Time8 min

AccessFree to download

Use mental math

Solve more-or-less word problems

Check with the answer key

Finding 100, 1,000 and 10,000 More or Less (Word) Name: | Use mental math to solve each problem.
1) Dave collected 696 baseball cards. His cousin collected 100 more cards than he did. How many cards did his cousin collect? | | | | | Answers
1. | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2) | A recycling center collected 20,271 cans on Monday. On Tuesday it collected 100 fewer cans. How many cans did it collect on Tuesday? | | | | 2. | | | | | | | | | 3) | Faye's highest score on her favorite video game is 7,793 . Her goal is to score 1,000 more than her highest score. What is her goal? | | | | 3.
4. | | | | | | | | | 4) | A parking garage had 554 cars on Monday. On Tuesday it had 100 fewer cars. How many cars were in the garage on Tuesday? | | | | 5. | | | | | | | | | 5) | Mike's book has 519 words. Amy's book has 100 fewer words. How many words does Amy's book have? | | | | 6. | | | | | | | | | 6) | A bakery sold 8,803 loaves of bread in the spring. In the summer it sold 1,000 more loaves. How many loaves did the bakery sell in the summer? | | | | 7. | | | | | | | | | 7) | An airport had 49,510 travelers on Monday. On Tuesday there were 10,000 fewer travelers. How many travelers were there on Tuesday? | | | | 8.
9. | | | | | | | | | 8) | A printer produced 4,819 pages in the morning. In the afternoon it produced 1,000 fewer pages. How many pages did the printer produce in the afternoon? | | | | 10. | | | | | | | | | 9) | A national park had 69,105 visitors in the spring. In the summer there were 10,000 more visitors. How many visitors were there in the summer? | | | | 11. | | | | | | | | | 10) | A farmer harvested 32,680 ears of corn this fall. Next fall he hopes to harvest 10,000 more. How many ears of corn does he hope to harvest next fall? | | | | 12.
13. | | | | | | | | | 11) | A bakery baked 496 loaves of bread on Saturday. On Sunday it baked 100 fewer loaves. How many loaves did it bake on Sunday? | | | | 14. | | | | | | | | | 12) | A bakery sold 55,214 loaves of bread last year. This year it sold 10,000 fewer loaves. How many loaves did it sell this year? | | | | 15. | | | | | | | | | 13) | A museum displayed 42,562 artifacts this season. Next season it will display 1,000 more artifacts. How many artifacts will it display next season? | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14) | A theme park counted 59,552 riders on the roller coaster in one week. The next week 10,000 more riders rode it. How many riders rode the roller coaster the next week? | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15) | Tom collected 490 baseball cards. His cousin collected 100 more cards. How many cards did his cousin collect? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Math
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1) Dave collected 696 baseball cards. His cousin collected 100 more cards than he did. How many cards did his cousin collect? | | | | | Answers
1. 796 | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2) | A recycling center collected 20,271 cans on Monday. On Tuesday it collected 100 fewer cans. How many cans did it collect on Tuesday? | | | | 2. 20,171 | | | | | | | | | 3) | Faye's highest score on her favorite video game is 7,793 . Her goal is to score 1,000 more than her highest score. What is her goal? | | | | 3. 8,793 4. 454 | | | | | | | | | 4) | A parking garage had 554 cars on Monday. On Tuesday it had 100 fewer cars. How many cars were in the garage on Tuesday? | | | | 5. 419 | |

FAQs

What math skills do these problems practice?

They practice mental addition and subtraction using increments of 100, 1,000, and 10,000 in “more or less” word problems.

What kinds of contexts appear in the questions?

The questions use everyday situations such as collecting cards, recycling cans, scoring in a game, counting cars, measuring book word counts, selling bread, and tracking travelers or visitors.

Is there an answer key included?

Yes. The document includes an answer key with the solutions for each numbered problem.

Sep 30, 2026

Uploaded by OmBimo