Addition
Subtraction
Word Problems
100

Find 9 + 5 by counting on. 

14

100

Subtract 15-5=? by drawing a 10 frame. 

10

100

Jim has 8 cherries.  His mom gives some more cherries. Now Jim has 19 cherries.  How many cherries did Jim's mom give him? 

11 cherries 

200

Mrs. Mann finds 7 shells at the beach. Later, she finds 8 more shells. How many shells does she find in all? 

Show your work using the doubles plus one strategy. 

15

200

Find 16- 9=? by finding 9 + ____ = 16 

HINT: Count on. 

7

200

Haley buys 8 potatoes.  5 of them are red. The rest are white. How many potatoes are white? 

Set up a bar model 

3 potatoes are white 

300

Fill in the missing numbers to solve this problem. 

9 + 8= ? 

9 +____ = 10

10 + ____ = 17 

9 + _1__ = 10

10 + _7__= 17 

300

Make a number bond for this equation and write one other equation you can make using the three numbers. 


17-6=? 

17-11=6

6 +11= 17

11+6= 17

300

Sally has some fish in a tank. Ana puts 5 more fish into the tank. Now there are 14 fish in the tank. How many fish were in the tank to begin with? 

9 fish 

400

Ms. Dallman takes 4 pictures on Monday. Then she takes 8 more on Tuesday. How many pictures does Ms. Dallman take in all?  

Show you work by drawing a picture or by counting on. 

12

400

Write all 4 equations for this fact family. 

14-6=? 

6+ 8= 14

8 + 6= 14

14-8=6

14-6=8

400

There are 5 cows in the barn. There are 8 more cows in the field than in the barn. How many cows are in the field? 

13 cows 

500

Solve these three problems using the doubles plus 1 strategy. 


5 + 6= ? 

7 + 8 =?

6 + 7 =? 

11

15

13

500

May has 19 dollars. She spends 10 at the store.  How much money does May have left?  Show you work by drawing a picture, counting on or a number bond. 

500

Martin has some marbles in a bag. He adds 4 marbles to the bag. Now he has 13.  How many marbles did Martin start with? Fill in the blanks. 

13-4= ____

13- ____ = 4

13 + 4____= 

____ + 4= 13

13-4= 9

13-9=4

13+4= 17

9+4 = 13

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