Parts/Whole
Saud has 12 markers, and his sister gives him 8 more. How many markers does Saud have in total?
Saud has 20 markers.
There are 25 cups in Mr. Warren's kitchen. Another 15 cups are added. How many cups are there now?
There are 40 cups.
Chloe has 325 toy cars. She sells 182. How many toy cars does she have left?
Chloe has 143 toy cars.
Daniel has 8 pencils. Lina gives him 3 more, and José gives him 5 more. How many pencils does Daniel have now?
Daniel has 16 pencils.
What does the word "sum" mean in math?
Addition, plus
A box contains 34 red marbles and 26 blue marbles. How many marbles are there in the box altogether?
There are 60 marbles.
Dhai has 48 candies. She gives 19 to her friends. How many candies does Dhai have left?
Dhai has 19 candies left.
A farmer has 149 pears and 216 apples. How many more apples than pears does he have?
The farmer has 67 more apples than pears.
Hanay baked 163 cookies. Azzam baked 32 fewer cookies than Hanay. How many cookies did they bake in all?
They baked 294 cookies in all.
What does "difference" mean in math?
Subtraction, minus
There are 45 students in a class. If 18 are boys, how many are girls?
There are 27 girls.
A Ms. Mooney planted 62 roses and 47 tulips. How many flowers did Ms. Mooney plant in all?
Ms. Mooney planted 109 flowers in all.
Nuri has 27 crayons, and Firdavs has 16 crayons. How many more crayons does Nuri have than Firdavs?
Nuri has 11 more crayons than Firdavs.
Ms. Chloe baked 131 tarts. She gave 45 tarts to her friends. How many tarts does Ms. Chloe have left?
Ms. Chloe has 86 tarts left.
What does "altogether" mean in a word problem?
Addition, plus
Hassan has 72 cows and goats on his farm. If there are 39 cows, how many goats are there?
There are 33 goats.
Eda has 250 loaves of bread. She sells 175 loaves. How many loaves are left?
There are 75 loaves left.
Faris and Firdavs sold 58 cupcakes in the morning and 32 in the afternoon. How many more cupcakes were sold in the morning?
26 more cupcakes were sold in the morning.
A zoo had 135 visitors in the morning, 54 more in the afternoon, and 26 more in the evening. How many visitors came to the zoo in total?
215 visitors came to the zoo.
What is a "bar model"?
A bar model is a visual representation of a Math word problem. They can show addition, subtraction, and more. Rectangles are used to represent numbers.
Cuthbert and Talin have 48 pencils together. If Talin has 19 pencils, how many pencils does Cuthbert have?
Cuthbert has 29 pencils.
Two classes collected cans for recycling. Grade 2 collected 123 cans, and Grade 5 collected 98 cans. How many cans did they collect in total?
They collected 221 cans in total.
KFS collected 438 cans for recycling. Another school collected 392 cans. How many more cans did KFS collect?
KFS collected 46 more cans.
Mirza and Noor have 365 strawberries and blueberries altogether. If there are 149 blueberries, how many strawberries do they have? How many more strawberries than blueberries are there?
There are 216 strawberries. There are 67 more strawberries than blueberries.
What does "comparison" mean in math?
Comparision means you are finding what is more than or less than. You usually do this with subtraction.