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100
Seven red apples and two green apples are in the basket. How many apples are in the basket?
9 apples.
100
Allan has 5 boats. Two boats float away.  How many boats does Allan have left? 
3 boats 
100

4 red flowers and 2 orange flowers are in the vase. How many flowers are in the vase?


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Addition     or     Subtraction 

Addition 
100
Ben has 1 red ball and gets 9 green balls. How many balls does he have now?
10 balls
100
Tommy decided to eat 7 Skittles now and he saved 3 for later. Altogether, Tommy has how many skittles?
10 skittles
200
Eight balls are in the basket. Two more balls are put in the basket. How many balls are in the basket now?
10 balls.
200
16 red apples are on the tree and 14 apples fall off. How many apples are left on the tree?
2 apples
200

Sally has a bunch of 7 flowers. She picked two more flowers and added them to her bunch. How many flowers does Sally have in all?

What is the keyword in this word problem?

in all 
200
30 students were standing at music and 30 students were sitting on the carpet. Altogether there were how many students at music?
6 students
200
10 students were on the playground at the end of recess. 10 students were girls. How many boys were on the playground for recess?
0 boys
300

Sidney has 14 oatmeal raisin cookies and 5 gingerbread cookies. How many cookies does Sidney have?

19 cookies

300

Patty has 14 cubes in the bucket.  She takes out 12.  How many cubes are in the bucket? 

2 cubes

300

There are 6 cats in all. Some are tan and some are black. 4 cats are tan. How many cats are black?


What is the question in the word problem?

How many cats are black? 
300

Liv plays at the park. She plays with 12 girls and 7 boys. How many kids does she play with at the park?

19 kids

300

Sidney had 10 stickers on her chore chart first. Her mom put 13 stickers on the chart later. How many stickers did Sidney earn in the afternoon?

23 stickers

400

Matt has 2 pencils, 8 markers and 7 pens. He wants to know how many items he bought in all. How many did he buy?

17 items

400
Dan has 7 dogs. 3 of the dogs are black and the rest are brown. How many of his dogs are brown?
4 dogs are brown
400

There are 10 mice in all.  Four mice are on the cheese. How many mice are not on the cheese?

What are my numbers in the word problem? 


10 and Four 
400
There were not any frogs on the log. 7 frogs hopped over to the log. Now many frogs are on the log?
7 frogs
400

Jamie has 17 flowers in a vase.  10 flowers die.  How many flowers are alive in the vase? 

7 flowers

500

Josh has a basket of fruit.  In his basket are 17 plums.  He adds 3 apples to his basket.  How much fruit does Josh have altogether? 

20 fruits 

500
10 apples were sitting on the table. 5 of them are green and the rest are red. How many apples are red?
5 red apples.
500

Mary has 3 green pencils, 4 purple pencils and 2 yellow pencils. How many pencils does Mary have?


What is the equation for this word problem? 

    3 + 4 + 2 =

500

Jessica has some crayons. She finds 11 more. Now Jessica has 20 crayons. How many did Jessica have before she found more?

9 crayons

500

16 cats were walking down the street.  5 cats stop and take a break.  How many cats keep walking down the street? 

11 cats

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