Word Problems
14 cheetahs were prowling through the jungle. 5 darted off. How many are left?
Must have: equation with symbol for the unknown, work, and answer.
14 - 5 = ?
subtract or count on
9
How old was Mia at the end of the story?
8
What was the first place we visited with frigid temperatures?
Antarctica
What phonetic skill applies to the joke?
Phonetic Skill 4
trapezoid
50 tropical birds were in the tree. 10 flew away How many are left?
Must have: equation with symbol for the unknown, work, and answer.
50 - 10 = ?
stack and attack or draw tens
40
Where did the boy find the garden in one of our Book Battle books?
on railroad tracks
What is the name of the River we crossed with all the piranhas and crocodiles?
Amazon River
add the suffix -est to the word blue
bluest
78 - 20 = ?
58
I caught 18 fish for dinner. You caught 6. How many more fish did I catch than you?
Must have: equation with symbol for the unknown, work, and answer.
18 - 6 = ?
subtract or count on
12
What did the squirrel try to protect in one of our Book Battle books?
a flower
What did we apply to the coconuts to knock down the palm trees?
force
properly mark the word incline (in the correct order)
vowel, blend, vowel, vowel, syllable in, breve, silent e, macron
TRUE OR FALSE - You must show work to explain.
52 + 40 = 86 + 6
TRUE
92 = 92
Jack and Annie had 13 PB & J sandwiches. They gave some to our tribes. Now they have 5 left. How many did they give to our tribes?
Must have: equation with symbol for the unknown, work, and answer.
13 - ? = 5
subtract or count on
8
How did the carrots solve their problem? (one of our Book Battle Books)
They terrified Jasper so he built a fence to keep them away from him and he stopped eating them.
What animal did we have to completely avoid touching?
Poison Dart Frogs
properly mark the word (in the correct order) muffin
vowel, vowel, syllable between the ff, silent f, breve, breve
How many faces does a cube and a cone have in all?
7
6 + 1
64 people voted that elephants were their favorite jungle animal. 23 voted that lions were there favorite. How many fewer people voted for lions than elephants?
Must have: equation with symbol for the unknown, work, and answer.
64 - 23 = ?
stack and attack or draw tens and ones
41
What is the central message of A Frog Thing?
to find your own special talent, to believe in yourself, to dream big
What fruit did Jack and Annie take back home with them?
Mango
properly mark the word (in the correct order) ablaze
53 + 29 = ?
82