Math Word Problems
Hana has 17 more books than Kristebelle.
Hana has 44 books. How many books does Kristebelle have?
27 books
89 - 56 =
(SOLVE BY DRAWING A PICTURE)
33
87 - 50 =
27
What is the answer in a subtraction problem called?
The answer in a subtraction problem is called the DIFFERENCE.
Arbenys had 56 apples. How many more apples does Arbenys need to pick to have 92 apples altogether?
Abdiel needs to pick 36 more apples.
84 - 28 =
(SOLVE BY COUNTING BACK ON A NUMBER LINE)
56
68 - 49 =
19
What is the answer in an addition problem called?
The answer in an addition problem is called the sum.
Jeremiah has some gum. Hunter gave him 16 more pieces of gum and 4 chocolate bars. Now Jeremiah has 54 pieces of gum. How many pieces of gum did Aiden have to start with?
Aiden had 38 pieces of gum to start with.
79 - 34 =
(SOLVE BY ADDING UP ON A NUMBER LINE)
45
90 - 31 =
59
What does it mean to REGROUP?
To REGROUP means to make 10 ones into 1 ten.
There are 41 boys and some girls on the playground. There are 90 children altogether. How many girls are on the playground?
There are 49 girls on the playground.
56 - 45 =
(SOLVE USING THE BREAK APART METHOD)
74 - 25
49
Less than, fewer, how many more, take away
Bella collects Pokémon cards. Reilly had 100 cards. She gave some of his cards to Bella and now has 76 cards left. How many Pokémon cards did Reilly give to Bella?
Cameron gave Daniel 24 Pokémon cards.
97 - 59 =
(SOLVE BY USING COMPENSATION)
38
105 - 6 =
99
Explain how to solve the following problem using ICE words (You can choose any strategy).
37 - 15