Break Apart Numbers to Solve
53-6=[]
Break the 6 into 3 and 3. 53-6=47
37-6=[]
31
41-24=[]
17
Mr. Hayes makes 32 wooden frames. He gives away 15 frames as gifts. How many frames does he still have?
32-15=17
Jennifer wrote 22 poems. some of her poems are in her notebook. 7 poems are not in her notebook. How many poems are in her notebook? Write a number sentence to solve this problem.
22-[]=7
44-7=[]
break 7 into 4 and 3
44-7=37
58-16=[]
42
52-47=[]
5
Wesley has 21 ribbons in a box. He has 15 ribbons on the wall. How many more ribbons does he have in the box than on the wall?
21-15=6
Alex had 45 toy cars. He put 26 toy cars in a box. How many toy cars are not in the box? Write a number sentence to solve this problem.
45-26=[]
71-6=[]
break 6 into 5 and 1
71-6=65
78-43=[]
35
74-46=[]
28
There are 48 crackers in the bag. The children eat 25 crackers. How many crackers are still in the bag?
48-25=23
Jennifer wrote 22 poems. Some of her poems are in her notebook. 7 poems are not in her notebook. How many poems are not in her notebook? Write the number sentence to solve this problem.
22-[]=7
46-17=[]
break apart 17 into 10 and 7, then the 7 into 6 and 1
46-17=29
48-24=[]
24
90-18=[]
72
Drew has 32 toy cars. He trades 7 of those cars for 11 other toy cars. How many toy cars does Drew have now?
32-7=25
25+11=36
Sam has some marbles. He gave away 18 marbles. Now Sam has 12 marbles. Write a number sentence to use to find out how many marbles Sam had to begin with.
[]-18=12
52-15=[]
Break 15 into 10 and 5, then 5 into 2 and 3
52-15=37
63-23=[]
40
83-58=[]
25
Max has 35 trading cards. He buys 22 more cards. Then he gives 14 cards to Rudy. How many cards does Max have now?
35+22=57
57-14=43
There were 53 cars in the parking lot. Some of the cars left the lot. Now there are 25 cars left in the parking lot. Write the number sentence you would write for this problem.
53-[]=25