Money
Place Value
Word Problems
Adding and Subtracting
Ms. Chavez's Problems
100
You have the coins below. How much money do you have?
85¢
$0.85
100
What is 10 hundreds, 2 tens, and 8 ones written in word form?
one thousand twenty-eight
100
Mrs. Smith wrote the number sentence shown below.
5 + 8 = _________
Part A.
Create and solve a word problem using this number sentence.
Part B.
Represent your problem and explain how you know that your problem can be solved using the number sentence.
Ms. Chavez will check answers.
100
Write a number sentence to show how many more squares there are than circles.
8-5=3
100
Ms. Chavez has 20 students in her class. Seven students were absent on Friday. How many students were at school on Friday?
20-7=13
13 students
200
You have $0.85 in your backpack. Which set of coins does NOT show the same amount of money you have in your backpack?
A.
B.
The answer is B because the question asks which one does NOT have $0.85. Option B is $0.59 which is not $0.85
200
Draw base ten blocks to represent the number 400 + 90 + 8
Ms. Chavez will check the answer
200
Linda went to the movies. She had $6 to spend on food. After she bought an item, she had $5 left. Which Item did Linda buy?
a. Chips: $2
b. Popcorn: $1
c. Hot Dog: $4
The correct answer is b. Linda started with $6 and she ended with $5 which means she only spent $1. Popcorn costs $1.
200
Which of the following situations represents the number sentence?
10 - 7 = 3
A. Jeff had 10 toy cars. His friend gave him 7 toy cars. How many toy cars does he have now?
B. Jeff had 10 toy cars. He gave 7 toy cars to his friend. How many toy cars does he have now?
A. Jeff had 10 toy cars. His friend gave him 7 toy cars. How many toy cars does he have now?
This is the correct answer because the number sentence says to subtract and this word problem says he GAVE someone the cars.
200
Mrs. McAlister has 20 students and Ms. Bruce has 21 students. How many students do they have together?
20+21=41
41 students
300
Write two ways to represent the amount below.
95¢
$0.95
300
What is the expanded form of 1,456?
1000+400+50+6
300
Which number line best represents the location of the number 340? Explain your answer.
A.
B.
The answer is B.
It cannot be A because 340 is not closer to 400 than 300.
300
Mrs. Smith has 20 students in her class. Four students were absent on Wednesday. How many students were in her class on Wednesday?
20-4=16
300
Ms. Chavez has 11 boys and 9 girls in her class. How many more boys does she have than girls?
11-9=2
2 more boys than girls
400
How much are the coins worth?
A 0.85¢
B $85
C $0.85
The correct answer is C.
The answer cannot be A because the cent symbol cannot be used with the decimal.
The answer cannot be B because $85 means 85 dollars
400
Draw the number 1,851
Ms. Chavez will check the answer.
400
There are 35 pages in a math book. There are 77 pages in a reading book. How many more pages are in the reading book than in the math book?
77-35=42
400
Part A.
What is 30 more than 74?
Part B.
What is 30 less than 74? ____________
Part A.
74+30=104
Part B.
74-30=44
400
Ms. Chavez's class did not follow directions for two days last week. However, they did follow directions three days last week. How many days were they at school last week?
2+3=5
5 days
500
Luke went to the store with 85¢ to buy a piece of candy. After he bought his candy he had 20¢ left. Which piece of candy did Luke buy?
A. Gum: 25¢
B. Chocolate:65¢
C. Sucker: 42¢
The correct answer is B because Luke started with 85¢ and ended with 20¢. The chocolate is 65¢.
This number sentence is true.
85¢-65¢=20¢
500
Write the number one thousand six hundred forty-seven in TWO DIFFERENT forms.
1,647
1000+600+40+7
Draw in base 10-blocks
500
Julie makes 14 sugar cookies and 14 chocolate chip cookies. How many cookies does she have in all?
14+14=28
500
Part A.
What is 24 more than 35?
Part B.
What is 24 less than 35?
Part A.
35+24=59
Part B.
35-24=11
500
Cindy’s mom baked 41 cookies. Paul’s dad baked 38 cookies. Cindy and Paul ate 6 cookies each and then brought them to school for a party. How many cookies did they bring to school altogether?
41+38=79
then,
79-6(Cindy)=73
73-6(Paul)=67
They brought 67 cookies to school.