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Students were playing counters in a cup with 8 counters. 3 were hidden under the cup. 5 were outside of the cup.
What are the following equations?
3+5=8
5+3=8
8-3=5
8-5=3
There are 2 ducks in the pond. Then 3 more ducks came. How many ducks are at the pond?
What is 5 ducks?
What is false?
There are 8 ducks swimming along in a line. There are 3 grown-up ducks, and the rest are babies. How many of the ducks are babies?
What is 5 baby ducks?
3+ = 8
What is 5?
Students were playing counters in a cup with 12 counters. 5 counters were outside the cup. 7 counters were inside the cup.
What are the following equations?
7+5=12
5+7=12
12-5=7
12-7=5
There are 4 cats in alley. 5 more cats came along. How many cats are there?
What is 9 cats?
Answer true or false. You can solve 5-3 by counting up from 3 to 5.
What is true?
At the park, there are 8 friends playing baseball. Some more friends come. Now, there are 10 friends playing.
How many friends came to play with the first 8friends?
What is 2 friends?
5+ = 10
What is 5?
Students were playing How Many Am I Hiding with 10 counters. 5 cubes were being hidden.
What are the following equations?
5+5=10
10-5=5
There are 5 kids at the playground. Then, 6 more kids come to the playground. How many kids are at the playground?
Answer true or false. You can solve 8-3 by adding and 3 together.
What is false?
At the park, there are 9 friends playing baseball. Some more friends come. Now, there are 14 friends playing. What is an equation to help solve that problem?
What is 14-9 = or
9+ = 14?
7+ = 9
What is 2?
There were 9 counters. 4 counters were being hidden.
What are the following equations?
4+5=9
5+4=9
9-5=4
9-4=5
There are 8 dogs at the pet store. The pet store gets 4 more pets. What is the equation to help solve this problem?
What is 8+4=12?
There were 15 cookies. Mark ate 6 of the cookies. How many cookies are left?
What is 9 cookies?
__3___ squirrels were sitting in the tree. Some more squirrels climbed up in the tree. Then there were ___10__squirrels. How many squirrels climbed in the tree?
What is 7 squirrels?
9+ = 16
What is 7?
There were 11 cubes. 6 cubes were being hidden.
What are the following equations?
6+5=11
5+6=11
11-5=6
11-6=5
There are 11 flowers in the vase. Mom put 8 more flowers. What is the equation that helps solve the problem? Make sure to include an answer.
What is 11+8=19
There were 18 butterflies. 9 butterflies flew away. How many butterflies are left?
What is 9 butterflies?
Victoria had ___4_ M&M’s. Ryan gave her some more. Now she has ___9_ M&M’s. How many M&M’s did Ryan give her?
What is 5 M&Ms?
12+ = 18
What is 6?