Number Stories
Alexander had 5 blue marbles and 4 red marbles. How many marbles did he have in all?
Alexander had 9 marbles.
Start at 8. Count on 7. Where do you land?
15
Rule: +5
5, 10, ___, ___, 25, ___,
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
4+4 =
8
Julian played video games for 4 hours in the morning and played 3 hours at night! How many hours did Julian play in all?
Julian played for 7 hours!
Start at 18. Count back 9. Where do you land?
9
Rule: ?
12, 10, 8, ___, ___, ___
Rule: -2
12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
What is the name of our Sharing Buddy?
Harriet the Pegasus
Ivanna had 12 dolls. She gave Madison 8 of her dolls. How many dolls does Ivanna have left?
Ivanna has 4 dolls left.
Start at 19. Count back 11. Where did you land?
8
Rule: ?
22, 27, 32, ____, ____, ___
22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47
What are these three dots called?
...
elipsis
Juan had some toy cars in his back pack. Javi gave him 6 more cars. He now has 11 cars in all. How many cars did Juan start with?
He started with 5 cars.
Start at 8. Count to 13. How many hops did you make?
5
Rule: ?
3, 6, 9, 12, ___, ___, ___
Rule: +3
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18
What is the title of the last book we read?
Rainbow Fish
Eileen picked 7 purple flowers. Then she picked some more red flowers. She had 16 flowers in all. How many red flowers did she pick?
Eileen picked 9 red flowers.
6
Rule: -4
22, ___, ___, ___, ___
22, 18, 14, 10
What is the name of the liturgical season we are in?
Advent