Number Lines
A ribbon is 3 cm long. You cut off 1 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
DRAW A NUMBER LINE & SOLVE
3-1=2 cm
My jumprope is 1 foot long. My friends attach their jump ropes to mine that are 4 feet long and 2 feet long. How long are the jump ropes if I attach them altogether?
1+4+2=7 feet
When I was 5 years old my foot was 6inches long. Now my foot is 12inches long. How much did my foot grow?
12-6=6in
A twizzler is 8in long. You eat 3in of it. How much of the twizzler is left?
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8-3=5in
My hair last year was 18in long. The following year it grew 5 more inches. How long is my hair now?
18+5=23in.
Your ice pop to start is 8 inches long. You eat 5 inches and your sibling eats 2 inches of it. How much ice pop is left over?
8 - 5 - 2 = 1inch
You are making a friendship bracelet. You start with 5 inches of string. You run out of string and have to attach more. You attach 6 more inches. How many inches of string does your bracelet have now?
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5+6=11 inches
An aquarium has a fishtank with a seahorse that is 15cm long and a starfish that is 17cm long. If I add up the lengths of both sea animals, how long will they both be?
15+17=32cm
A string is 84 cm long. You cut off a piece. It is now 41cm long. How much string did you cut off?
84-41=43cm
I have a hot dog that is 10in long. My friend has a hot dog that is 12in long. How much longer is your friend's hotdog then yours?
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12-10=2in
Jim swims 48meters and then 36meters. Julie swims 52 meters and then 27 meters. Who is the champion that swims the longer distance in all?
BONUS: How much farther does the champion swim?
Jim swims the longer distance.
Champion Jim swims 5 meters more
A blue fish is 33cm long. A green fish is 20cm long. A red fish is 12cm long. How much longer is the green fish than the red fish?
20-12= 8cm longer
When you add on a number line which way do you move, left or right?
When you subtract on a number line which way do you move, left or right?
Subtract - left
You are 48in tall. You grow 4in. Now you are 6in taller than your friend? How tall is your friend? (2 step problem, + & -)
48+4=52in
52=6=46in
46in!!!
A piece of wood is ❤ feet long. You cut off 🔷 feet. The piece of wood is now 🟤 feet long. Draw an equation that models the problem
❤ - 🔷 = 🟤