I Can Solve Single Step Problems
I Can Use Mathematical Models
I Can Use Mathematical Vocabulary
I Can Solve Two Step Problems
Mystery
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Rajeev's group picked 50 apples. Vivian's group picked 78 apples. How many total apples did they pick?
128 apples
100

Draw a math mountain for the following problem:

Rajeev's group picked 50 apples. Vivian's group picked 78 apples. How many total apples did they pick? 


128

50 78

100
What is an addend?
One of two numbers that we add to get the total.
100
Write one equation and solve.


The Hillside bus had 14 passengers. When it stopped, 5 people got off and 8 people got on. How many people are riding the Hillside bus now?

17 people


14-5+8=p

100
Maribel has 18 stickers. Arnon has 13 more stickers than Maribel. How many stickers does Arnon have?
31 stickers
200
Aakash's group picked 125 apples. They ate 50 of them. How many apples do they have left?
75 apples.
200

Write an equation to represent the following problem:

Melat had 9 books. She borrowed 4 more books from the library. How many books does Melat have now?

9 + 4 = n

9 + 4 =13


200
Which of the following are equations?


A. 5 + 3 

B. 5 + 3 = 8

C. 5 + 3 = n


 B and C
200
Write one equation and solve.


There are 5 mice, 3 gerbils, and some hamsters in a cage. Altogether there are 15 animals in the cage. How many hamsters are there?

7 hamsters


15-(5+3)=h

200
Write the 1st step question and answer. 


Ms. Hayes bought 4 packs of pencils with 10 pencils in each pack. She divided the pencils evenly among her 5 children. How many pencils did each child get?

How many pencils did Ms. Hayes buy? 40 pencils.
300
Melat had 9 books. She borrowed 4 more books from the library. How many books does Melat have now?
13 books
300
Make 3 different equations for this math mountain:


150

70 80

70+80=150; 150-70=80; 150-80=70

300
What is a variable?
A variable is an unknown number or amount.
300

Write one equation and solve:

Sara's mother baked 48 cookies. Sara gave a dozen cookies to her neighbor and divided the remaining cookies on plates of 9 cookies each. How many plates did she use?

4 plates


(48-12)/9=n

300
Corey has 18 more miniature cars than TJ. TJ has 14 miniature cars. How many miniature cars does Corey have?
32 cars
400
There were 150 people at the park. 70 of those people were playing soccer. The others were playing softball. How many people were playing softball?
80 people
400

Make an equal shares drawing to represent the following problem: 

A toy maker has 36 boxes of toy trains to ship to 4 toy shops. Each shop will get the same number of boxes. How many boxes of toy trains will each shop get?

36

n n n n

400
What is a factor?
A factor is one of the numbers we multiply to get a product.
400
Write one equation and solve:


A dog trainer is working with 7 dogs. He rewards each dog with the same number of treats. He started with 35 treats and he has 7 left. How many treats did he give each dog?

4 treats


(35-7)/7=t

400

Write the 1st step question and answer. Then solve the problem:


Dana made 6 fruit baskets. She put 4 apples, 2 pears, and 3 oranges in each basket. How many pieces of fruit did Dana use in all?

How many pieces of fruit are in each basket? 9 pieces.

54 pieces

500
A toy maker has 36 boxes of toy trains to ship to 4 toy shops. Each shop will get the same number of boxes. How many boxes of toy trains will each shop get?
9 boxes
500
Make an comparison bar to represent and solve the following problem:


Rocky has 7 fishing lures. Megan has 12 fishing lures. How many fewer fishing lures does Rocky have than Megan?

5 fishing lures.
500
What is the identity property of multiplication?
The product of 1 and any number is that number.

6x1=6

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Write one equation and solve:


Amber plants 20 flowering plants and 4 bushes. She plants 6 daisies and the rest are marigolds. Then she plants some more marigolds. She now has 17 marigolds. How many more marigolds does she plants?

17-(20-6)=m


m=3 marigolds

500
At the park, 4 of the children could not swing because there were not enough swings. There were 20 children at the park. How many swings were on the swing set?
16 swings
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