Story Problems
Jim walked 6 miles to school. Then, he walked 7 miles to the store. Then, he walked 5 miles back home. How many miles did Jim walk in all?
18 miles
Write two different equations for 12.
______ + ______ = 12
_______+ ______ = 12
6 + 6 = 12
4 + 8 = 12
or others!
Write two different equations for 4.
______ - ______ = 4
_______- ______ = 4
8 - 4 = 4
10 - 6 = 4
or others!
Mrs. Landsteiner has 317 books in her classroom library. 94 of the books are picture books and the rest are chapter books. How many are chapter books?
223 chapter books
Fill in the missing number in each equation.
14 = _____ + 6 ______ + 5 = 18
7 + 9 = _______
8 13
16
Fill in the missing number in each equation.
20 - 12 = ______ ______ = 14 - 9
17 - 6 = _______
8 5
11
Lori drove around this path to visit her friends. How many miles did Lori drive altogether?
93 miles
Amber's notebook is 19 centimeters long. The notebook is 6 centimeters longer than her marker. How long is her marker? Which equation represents this situation?
19 + 6 = m m + 19 = 6
6 - 19 = m m + 6 = 19
m + 6 = 19
Lisa's waterbottle is 17 centimeters tall. Ashely's waterbottle is 12 centimeters tall. How much taller is Lisa's watterbottle? Which equation repersents this situation?
12 - 17 = b 17 - 12 = b
17 + b = 12 b - 12 = 17
17 - 12 = b
Landon measured a table. The first side of the table was 91 inches long. The second side was 45 inches long. How much longer was the frist side of the table then the second side?
46 inches
Solve this problem two different ways.
64 + 35 = _________
99
Solve this problem two different ways.
78 - 43 =
35
Heidi read 89 pages last week and 65 pages this week. Ally read 94 pages last week and 36 pages this week. Who read more pages in all? How many more pages did she read?
Heidi read more pages.
She read 24 more pages.
Solve this problem two different ways.
59 + 28 = __________
87
Solve this problem two different ways.
62 - 29 =
33