There are 8 planes. 3 fly away. How many planes are left?
8 -- 3 = 5
I see 3 white dogs, a brown dog, and a black dog. How many dogs are there in all?
3 + 1 + 1 = 5
Owen is 3 years old. Lily is 3 years older than Owen. How old is Lily?
3 + 3 = 6
There are 6 blue boxes and 4 brown boxes. How many boxes are there in all?
6 + 4 = 10
Alex saw 7 starfish. Zoey saw 2 more starfish than Alex. How many starfish did Zoey see?
7 + 2 = 9
Miss Francis has 20 hens and 4 roosters. Yesterday the hens laid 16 brown eggs and 7 white eggs. How many more brown eggs than white eggs did her hens lay?
16 - 7 = 9
Danny and Lola each have a bag of jelly beans. Danny has 9 jelly beans. Lola has 4 more jelly beans than Danny. How many jelly beans do they have altogether?
9 + 4 = 13
13 + 9 = 22
Lucía has a bowl filled with green and red grapes. There are 15 grapes in the bowl. 7 of them are green grapes. How many grapes are red grapes?
15 - 7 = 8
There were 18 dogs in the park. 10 were brown. 3 were white. The rest were black. How many dogs were black?
0 + 3 = 13
18 - 13 = 5
Mrs. Jung has 5 boxes of markers. Each box has 6 markers in it. How many markers does Mrs. Jung have in all?
6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 30
or 5 x 6 = 30
13 x 2 = 26
26 + 5 = 13
Elijah works at a zoo. He has 4 pails of fish, with 4 fish in each pail. He feeds 9 fish to the seals. How many fish does he have left?
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16
or 4 x 4 = 16
16 - 9 = 7 fish
This weekend, Harper played her violin for 85 minutes. On Saturday, she played for 38 minutes. How many minutes did she play her violin on Sunday?
85 - 38 = 47
Kay was on the 30th floor of a very tall building. She went down 13 floors. Then she went up 5 floors. What floor was she on?
30 - 13 = 17
17 + 5 = 22
Lionel has 2 dogs. Every day, he gives 3 biscuits to each dog. How many biscuits will he give his dogs on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday?
3 + 3 = 6
or 3 x 2 = 6
6 + 6 + 6 = 18
or 6 x 3 = 18
Which candy bar shares a name with our galaxy?
Milky Way
6 - 2 = 4
Mr. Flourdust is a baker. Today he is making apple pies. He has 12 bags of apples, with 6 apples in each bag. He uses 6 apples for each pie. How many apple pies can Mr. Flourdust make?
12 x 6 = 72
72 ÷ 6 = 12
There are 56 children at the baseball diamonds. They are divided into 8 teams, with an equal number of players on each team. How many players are on each team?
56 ÷ 8 = 7
What color did blue replace in M&M candies back in 1995?
Tan
What’s the chocolate bar that was advertised for its power to give wartime volunteers an endurance capacity of two hours during World War II?
Chocolate Crisp
What do the “Ms” in M&Ms stand for?
The names of the candy’s creators – Mars and Murrie
Which traditional sweet is often linked with Doctor Who (a TV series)?
Jelly Babies
What was the occupation of the inventor of cotton candy?
Dentist
True or false: white chocolate is not actually chocolate.
True – it contains no cocoa solids