Math Stories
Lucy has 9 stickers. She give 4 to a friend. How many stickers does she have left?
9 - 4 = 5 stickers
The numbers are 8, 3, and 5. Write one addition fact and one subtraction fact.
Accepted: 3 + 5 = 8 or 5 + 3 = 8
Accepted: 8 - 5 = 3 or 8 - 3 = 5
Dogs⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fish⭐⭐⭐
Hamster ⭐⭐
Cat ⭐
Each ⭐ = 2 students
How many students chose dogs?
8 students
If 7 + 7 = 14, then...
14 - 7 = 7
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Use the number line to solve: 7 - 5 = ?
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A farmer has 10 chickens. Some wander into the barn. Now only 6 are outside. How many went into the barn?
10 - 6 = 4 chickens
Complete the fact family:
4 + 6 = 10
___ + 4 = 10
10 - 6 = 4
10 - ___ = 6
6 + 4 = 10
10 - 4 = 6
Dogs⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fish⭐⭐⭐
Hamster ⭐⭐
Cat ⭐
Each ⭐ = 2 students
How many more students chose fish than hamster?
2 more students chose fish over hamsters.
If 4 + 4 = 8, then...
8 - 4 = 4
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Use the number line to solve: 9 - 3 = ?
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There are 8 birds in a tree. Some fly away. Now there are 3 birds. How many flew away?
8 - 3 = 5 birds
A fact family has 15, 8, and 7. Write all 4 equations to complete the fact family.
8 + 7 = 15
7 + 8 = 15
15 - 7 = 8
15 - 8 = 7
Dogs⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fish⭐⭐⭐
Hamsters ⭐⭐
Cats ⭐
Each ⭐ = 2 students
How many students chose dogs and cats?
10 students chose dogs and cats.
5 + 5 = 10
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Use the number line to solve: 4 - 3 = ?
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A baker makes 10 cupcakes. He sells 7 in the morning and and 2 in the afternoon. How many cupcakes are left?
This is a 2 part problem.
7 + 2 = 9 cupcakes
10 - 9 = 1 cupcake
A student writes:
3 + 6 = 9
6 + 3 = 9
9 - 3 = 6
9 - 6 = 4
Find the mistake and correct it.
9 - 6 = 3, not 4
Dogs⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fish⭐⭐⭐
Hamster ⭐⭐
Cat ⭐
Each ⭐ = 2 students
Write and equation to show how many students voted in all. (Hint: To solve, use the grouping method.)
8+6+4+2=
Think: 6+4=10
Think: 8+2=10
Which means: 10 + 10 = 20 students voted in all
9 + 9 = 18
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Use the number line to solve: 10 - 6 = ?
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A pet store has 10 puppies. On Monday, 3 puppies are adopted. On Tuesday, some more puppies are adopted. Now only 2 puppies remain. How many puppies were adopted on Tuesday? Write the equation to prove your answer.
Monday = 10 - 3 = 7 puppies
Tuesday = 7 - ___ = 2 puppies
ANSWER: 5 puppies were adopted on Tuesday
I'm thinking of three numbers that belong to the same fact family.
-The largest number is 10
-One of the smaller numbers is 3.
-The third number is missing!
What is the missing number?
7
Dogs⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fish⭐⭐⭐
Hamster ⭐⭐
Cat ⭐
Each ⭐ = 2 students
If 4 students changed their vote to cats from dogs. How many student would like cats? How many students would like dogs?
4 + 2 = 6 students would like cats
8 - 4 = 4 students would like dogs
100 - 50 = 50
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Use the number line to solve: 10 - 7 = ?