Addition
Subtraction
Word Problems
Vocabulary
Strategies and Tools
100

7 + 5

What is 12?

100

10 -5

What is 5?

100

Mrs. Jordan has 4 balls. Mr. Ngo gives her 4 more. How many balls does Mrs. Jordan have now?

What is 8 balls?

100

The answer in addition is called this.

What is sum?

100
I use this tool to count up, down, left, and right.

What is a hundreds chart?

200
18 + 9

What is 27?

200

27 - 8

What is 19?

200

Mr. Sporgitas has 27 cats. 12 get lost in the woods. How many cats are left?

What is 15?

200

The numbers 0 through 9 are called.

What are digits?

200

When I use this strategy, I take from one number and give to another to make adding easier.

What is adjusting?

300

22 + 67

What is 89?

300

67 - 41

What is 26?

300

Mrs. Gordon has 78 race cars. Davi has 91 race cars. How many more race cars does Davi have than Mrs. Gordon?

What is 13 cars?

300

Break apart means.

What is decompose?

300

When I use this strategy, I take a number and turn it into tens and ones to make it easier to add and subtract.

What is decomposing?

400

179 + 37

What is 216?

400

271-44

What is 227?

400

Naomi has 567 pokemon cards. Jordan has 298 pokemon cards. Kerone has 78 fewer cards than Naomi. How many pokemon cards does Kerone have?

What is 489 cards?

400

To change something

What is adjust?

400

I use this tool to show jumps of hundreds, tens, and ones.

What is a number line?

500

278 + 349

What is 627?

500

862-345

What is 517?

500

Favour has 907 bats. He gives 35 to Quincy. Then he gets 15 more from Zuany. How many bats does Favour have left?

What is 887 bats?

500

A number that can be shared with two people is ____. A number that cannot be shared with two people is ____.

What is even and odd?

500
I use this strategy when I draw out a number by place value.

What is sticks and dots or base 10?

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