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100

___ = 142+32+8

182
100

156-97 =

59

100
The word 'more' tells you to ....

Add

100
Friends are collecting rocks. Sally found 62 and Gloria 25. How many rocks did they get in all?
87 rocks
100
The jewelry box has 12 rings and 18 necklaces inside. How many pieces of jewelry are there in the box?
29 pieces of jewelry
200

26 + 42 =

68

200

___ = 148- 39 =

109

200

If an object is taken away, then we will need to.....

subtract

200
There were 27 candycanes. The students ate 21 of them. How many candycanes are left?
6 candycanes
200

Ray has 78 toy cars. He gave some of them to his twin brother. Ray has 39 cars left. How many cars did Ray give away?

39 toy cars

300

38 + 18 + 12 + 16 = 

84

300

142 - 128 =

14

300

'How many more' tells us to....

Subtract

300

Erin is counting cars that drive by. 36 minivans and 28 convertibles have driven by. How many cars has she counted in total?

64 cars

300
The monkey has 46 bananas in her cage. She ate 28 of them for breakfast. How many does she have left?
18 bananas
400

____ = 118+ 18 

136

400

174 - 85 =

89

400

'More Than' tells us to...

Add

400

At the lake we saw 35 fish and some ducks. Altogether we saw 61 creatures. How many were ducks?

26 ducks

400

Lindsey has 45 books on her bookshelf. Her brother Luke has some books on the bookshelf. Altogether there are 90 books. How many books does Luke have?

45 books

500

39 + ____ = 162

Hint: Part + Part = Whole

123

500

175 - 38

137

500

'How many' is a key word that tells us to add - True or False?

FALSE

How many is apart of the question - it does not help us figure out whether we need to add or subtract

500
Lucy had 17 m&ms, 36 Hershey kisses and 21 Skittles in her candy jar. How many pieces of chocolate did Lucy have?
53 pieces of chocolate
500

Teresa's mom bought 80 cookies. Her sister ate some of them. There are 24 cookies left. How many cookies did Teresa's sister eat?

56 cookies

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