Addition & Subtraction
How Did You Know?
Rounding
Word Problems & Equations
Brain Busters
100

What is 256 + 123?

379

100

How did you know 6 + 6 = 12?

I added the same number twice.

100

176 rounded to the nearest ten is 170 or 180?

180

100

There are 98 pencils. Five students take 7 each. What operation should you do first?

Multiply

100

Which is bigger: 644 − 135 or 135 + 644?

135 + 644

200

What is 389 + 415?

804

200

How did you figure out 644 − 135?

I subtracted the ones, ten, and hundreds place.

200

What is 176 rounded to the nearest hundred?

200

200

What is 5 × 7?

35.

200

How does rounding help you check subtraction problems?

It helps you estimate to see if your answer makes sense.

300

What is 568 − 347?

221

300

How did you solve 537 − 299 without using a calculator?

I decomposed in the ten and hundreds place.

300

What is 167 rounded to the nearest ten and hundred?

170 and 200

300

What equation matches the problem?
98 pencils, 5 students take 7 each.

n = 98 − 5 × 7

300

What does the equal sign (=) mean?

Both sides are the same.

400

What is 541 − 228?

313

400

Tell me how regrouping/decomposing helps.

It lets you borrow when needed.

400

What is 849 rounded to the nearest hundred?

800

400

A teacher has 98 pencils, 5 students take 7 each. How many pencils are left after the students take some? 

63

400

If you add 0 to a number, the number changes.

False

500

What is 537 + 299?

836

500

How did you know which math strategy to use?

I looked at the problem and chose the best way.

500

What is a number that rounds to 0 when rounding to the nearest hundred?

Any number from 1-50

500

There are 72 markers in a classroom.
6 students each take 8 markers.

Which equation shows what is left?

A. 72 − 6 = m
B. 72 − 8 = m
C. m = 72 − 6 × 8
D. 6 × m = 72 − 8

C. m = 72 − 6 × 8

500

Tell me how math helps you in real life.

Shopping, sharing, counting, etc.

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