A grocery store had 33 bottles of regular soda, 45 bottles of diet soda and 10 apples. How many bottles did they have total?
There are 33 bottles of regular soda. 
There are 45 bottles of diet soda. 
There are 10 apples. 

We want to know how many bottles they have in total. 

There are 33 + 45 = 78 bottles of soda. 

There are 78 + 10 = 88 bottles in total.