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Num/Cat/Word Problem
100
3,674 + 4,369=
What is 8,043
100
8,715 - 5, 923=
What is 2,792
100
At a tire factory, 3,166 tires were made on Thursday and 2,941 tires were made on Friday. How many tires were made on Thursday and Friday in all?
What is 6,107 tires
100

What is the meaning of the term "value"

Answer to the problem

100

Numerical or Categorical: A student asks what everyone got to do over the weekend for fun.

Categorical

200
6,000 + 3,173=
What is 9,173
200

6000 - 2,173 =

What is 3,827

200
Sara scored 2,293 points in a video game. That was 1,536 more than Elvin's score on the same game. How many points did Elvin score?
What is 757 points
200

What is the meaning of the term "Difference"

Subtraction

200

Numerical or Categorical: Finding out how many sodas were sold at the football game?

Numerical

300
5,215 + 3,107=
What is 8,322
300
9,534 - 4,085=
What is 5,449
300
There are 11,500 seats in the basketball arena. For one game, 9,465 seats were filled. How many seats were empty?
What is 2,035 seats were empty
300

When a question asks you to use _____  OR ______, how do we find our answer?

Addition

300

Create a question that could gather numerical data.

Answers vary.

400
43,674 + 3,372=
What is 47,046
400
18,143 - 5,923=
What is 12,220
400
Two years ago, Bob bought a used car that had 14,854 miles on the odometer. Last year, he drove 8,240 miles. This year, he drove 9,273 miles. How many miles does the odometer show now?
What is 32,367 miles
400

What is the meaning of the term "inverse"

Opposite of 

400

Create a question that could gather categorical data

Answers Vary.

500
2,869 + 25,946=
What is 28,815
500
The difference in 8,125 and 15,219
What is 7,094
500
George bought a car for $17,067. This price included a leather package for $1,248 and a heated seats for $269. What was the price of the car without these features?
What is $15,550
500

True or false: When a question asks us to find what is between two different digits, such as between 5 and 10, we should include the numbers 5 and 10 in our counting.

False

500

Over the weekend, 1000 people went to the game. 553 people had on jerseys for the home team. 338 had on jerseys for the away team, and the rest didn't have any jerseys. How many people were not wearing jerseys?

109 people didn't have a jersey on.

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