Subtraction
Addition
Word Problems
Thinking Puzzles
100

789-462=?

327

100

123 +452 = 

575

100

Anna read for 537 minutes last week. She read for 344 minutes this week. How many fewer minutes did she read this week?

193

100
How many times would you need to regroup in this equation? 


139 + 324 = 

Once!

200

563-129=? 

434

200

765 + 121 = 

886

200

Ms. Burke has a collection of 678 stamps. Ms. Burke has 256 more stamps than her sister Sarah. How many stamps does Sarah have?


(Hint: Ms. Burke has more than Sarah!!) 

422

200

How many times would you need to regroup in this equation? 


567-129 = 

Once! 
300

872 - 425 =

447

300

374 + 527 = 

901

300

Mrs. Haithcock has 185 fiction books and 207 nonfiction books. She wants to find how many books she has altogether. What is a reasonable answer for how many book she has all together? 

Hint: Make pretty numbers!

Any pretty number between 390-610

300
Who is correct? Why is the other student incorrect? What was their mistake? 


Ms. Burke: 346 -297 = 49

Ms. Watkins: 346 - 297 = 159

Ms. Burke is correct.
Ms. Watkins is incorrect because she did not ungroup the hundreds into tens. The tens column in incorrect which impacted the ones. 

400

834 - 756 = 

78

400

578 + 198 = 

776

400

Dominic has 398 baseball cards and 245 football cards. How many sports cards does Dominic have all together? 

643

400

How many times would you need to regroup in this equation? 

567 + 355 = 

Twice
500

921 - 632 =

289

500

299 + 487= 

786

500

Hortons Creek Elementary School served 704 lunches on Monday. 355 lunches were served to boys. How many girls were served lunch by the cafeteria?

349

500

How many times would you have to ungroup in the following equation? 

734 - 289 =

Twice! 

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