Vocabulary
Multiple Choice
Word Problems
3-digit Addition
Strategies
100

Numbers that are easy to add are _____________.

Friendly Numbers

100

How can you decompose one addend?  Choose all the correct answers. 

489+415

A. 489+400+1+5

B. 489+400+10+5

C. 400+8+9+415

D.400+80+9+415

B and D

100

Park rangers count 653 Bison and 100 elk at a nature preserve.  How many bison and elk do they count?

753

100

544+167=

711

100

How can you decompose one addend to solve? 

356+491=

356+400+90+1 OR 300+50+6+491

847

200

In the number 234, 2 is in the ________ place. 

Hundreds
200

What addition strategy is shown? 

273+684

200+600=800

70+80=150

3+4=7

800+150+7=957

A. Adjust addends

B. decompose both addends

C. decompose one addend

D. skip couting

B

200

This month, Trent spends 254 minutes at soccer practice and 184 minutes at soccer games.  How much time does Trent spend at soccer practice and soccer games this month?

440
200

432+325=

757

200

Decompose both addends to solve: 

764+229=

993

300

You ____________ a number by breaking it into different parts. 

Decompose

300

Colleen read 361 pages in a book.  She reads 10 more pages.  How many pages has Colleen read in all? 

A. 362

B. 371

C. 461

D. 471

B

300

Stacy sells cars and trucks.  She has 378 cars and 245 trucks for sale.  What is the total number of cars and trucks Stacy has for sale?

623

300

637+234=

871

300

Use base-ten shorthand to solve: 

423+352=

775

400

You __________ to make an equation easier to solve. 

Adjust

400

Which equations need regrouping?  Choose all the correct answers. 

A. 217+582=

B. 455+134=

C.346+471=

D.263+648=

C and D

400

There are 194 children and 330 adults at a play.  How many people are at the play? 

497

400

705+283=

988

400

Use place value to decompose both addends to solve:

592+135=

727

500

When adding _____________________ you add the digits in one place value at a time, and then add those sums to find the total sums. 

partial sums

500

What addition strategy is shown? 

598+236=834

   +2    -2

600+234=834

A. adjust addends

B. decompose both addends

C. decompose one addend

D. skip counting

A

500

Tina adds 426+152 by place value.  She decomposes the addends as 400+2+6 and 100+50+2.  Tina says the sum is 515.  How do you respond to her?

She is not correct.  She did not decompose tens correctly.  The correct answer is 578. 

500

599+267=

866

500

Adjust addends to solve: 

256+398=

654

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