Challenge
Adding within 20
Subtracting within 20
One Step
Two Step
100
Solve 15-7=? using the make 10 strategy.  

15-5=10

10-2=8

100

9+3=?

12
100

9-2=?

7

100

Sam buys 14 balloons for a party.  There are 4 red balloons.  The rest are yellow.  How many yellow balloons does he buy? 

10 balloons 

100

8 friendly ghosts went trick-or-treating. 7 more ghosts joined them. Then 5 more ghosts appear.  How many friendly ghosts were trick-or-treating? 

20 ghosts 

200

Chrissy buys 17 oranges.  She eats 4 oranges.  She gives 7 oranges to her friends.  How many oranges does Chrissy have now? 

6 oranges 

200

____ + 12=15

3

200

18-8=?

10

200

Charlie makes 15 bat crafts. She colors 7 of them black, the rest of them are brown. How many bats are brown?

8 bats 

200

There are 10 bats flying around town. 7 of them decide to go home. Then 2 of the them go to a park. How many bats are still flying around town?

5 bats 

300

Make a fact family with 4 equations for these numbers.  

9, 5, 14

9+5=14

5+9=14

14-5=9

14-9=5

300

11+___=20

9

300

13-8=?

5

300

Sean has 10 books. He has 6 more books than Kali has. How many books does Kali have?

4 books

300

At the grocery store there are 12 pumpkins, the worker adds 5 more pumpkins. Then the kids bought 3 pumpkins. How many pumpkins are there now?

20 pumpkins 

400

Use the make ten to add strategy for this problem. 

4+8=?

4+6=10

10+2=12

400

9+6=?

15

400

16-____=?

16-6=10

16-5=11

16-8=8

16-9=7

400

Katie had 18 blocks.  He gave some to Mark.  Now she has 12.  How many did she give to Mark? 

6 blocks 

400

Jim collected 13 seashells on Sunday and 10 on Monday.  He gave his little brother 7.  How many seashells did Jim have left? 

16 seashells 

500

Find 15-6=?  Show me two different strategies.  

9

500

____=13+5

18

500

12-____=5

7

500

A pencil costs 19 cents and a sticker costs 9 cents less.  

10 cents 

500

Mrs. Randall gives her girls 7 unicorn stickers and her boys 9 spiderman stickers.  Then she gets some extra out.  Now she has 25 stickers.  How many stickers does she give out?   

9 stickers 

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