Addition
Matching Equations
Story Problems
Bar Models
100

Using any strategy, add

25 + 23 = 

48

100

Janice has 50 pieces of seaglass in her collection.  How many more does Janice need to have a total of 68 pieces?  Which addition equation matches the problem?

a.  50 + 68 = 

b.  50 + ___ = 68

c.  ____ + 68 = 50 

B

50 + ____ = 68

100

Yesterday there were 19 students in class.  Today, there are 7 more.  How many students are are in class today?

19 + 7 = 26 students

100

I picked 12 red apples and 18 green apples.  How many apples did I pick in all? Label all parts of the bar model.

30 apples in all 

Teacher will check bar models

200

Using any strategy, add

15 + 30 + 23 = 

68

200

Jeff bought 19 baseball cards and 15 football cards.  How many cards does Jeff have now?  Which addition equation matches the problem?

a.  ______ + 19 = 15

b. 15 + _____ = 19

c.  19 + 15 = ______

C.  

19 + 15 = _______

200

On Monday Jared collected 15 seashells.  On Tuesday he collected 18 more.  How many seashells did Jared collect in all?

15 + 18 = 33 seashells

200

Sarah wanted to collect 25 marbles.  She already has 12 marbles in her collection.  How many marbles does she still need to collect?

12 + __ = 25

Sarah needs 13 more marbles

300

Using any strategy, add

58 + 39 = 

97

300

Tony has 36 baseball cards in his collection.  How many more does Tony need to have a total of 72 baseball cards?  Which addition equation matches the problem?

a.  36 + ____ = 72

b.  72 + ____ = 36

c.  36 + 72 = _____

A.  36 + _____ = 72

300

Michelle bought 58 pieces of candy in all.  Which two bags of candy did Michelle buy?

   Bag 1                     Bag 2                     Bag 3          24 pieces               28 pieces               34 pieces          

Bag 1 and Bag 3

24 + 34 = 58 pieces of candy

300

Jen wants to run 18 miles in a week.  On Monday she ran 7 miles.  How many miles does she still need to run?

7 + ____ = 18

Jen still needs to run 11 more miles.

Teacher will check bar model

400

Using any strategy, add

15 + 23 + 47 = 

85

400

Diane made 24 brownies for the bake sale.  How many more does brownies does Diane have to make to have 58 brownies?  Which addition equation matches the problem?

a.  24 + 58 = _____

b.  58 + _____ = 24

c.  24 + _____ = 58 

c.  

24 + ___ = 58

400

Kate exercised for 25 minutes on Monday, 22 minutes on Tuesday, 30 minutes on Wednesday, and 16 minutes on Thursday.  How many minutes did Kate exercise for?

Kate worked out for 93 minutes

400

Blake had 14 red cars and 29 yellow cars.  How many cars did Blake have?

Blake had 43 cars in all.

500

Using any strategy, add

22 + 18 + 43 + 12 = 

95

500

Mrs. Rubalcava had 23 pencils for school.  How many more pencils does Mrs. Rubalcava need to have 50 pencils in all?  Which addition equation matches the problem?

a.  23 + _____ = 50

b.  50 + ____ = 23

c.  23 + 50 = ____

b.  

A


23 + _____ = 50

500

Jen wants to earn 20 dollars.  On Monday, Jen raked leaves and earned 7 dollars.  On Tuesday, Jen helped her mom with some chores and earned 5 dollars.  How much money does Jen still need to earn?  

Jen still needs to earn 8 more dollars

500

Kim planted 22 flowers on Monday, 15 flowers on Tuesday, and 19 flowers on Wednesday.  How many flowers did Kim plant?

22 + 15 + 19 = 56 flowers

Teacher will check bar model