Word Problems
Emma has 27 stickers. She gives 8 away. How many stickers does she have left?
19 stickers
There are 4 rows of 5 apples. How many apples are there in all? Draw the array.
20 apples in all
Is 18 even or odd? You must draw a picture to prove.
6, 8, 10, __
What comes next?
What is the rule?
12, add 2 each time
There are 34 students on a field trip. 16 are on the bus and the rest are walking. How many students are walking?
18 students are walking.
An array has 3 rows with 6 in each row. Write an addition equation and find the total.
6+6+6=18
Which numbers are odd?
21, 32, 47, 50
21 and 47
20, 30, 40, __, __
What two numbers come next?
What is the rule?
50, 60
The rule is add 10 each time.
A class collected 45 cans on Monday and 27 cans on Tuesday. How many cans did they collect in all?
72 cans
A student says 2 rows of 8 is the same as 8 rows of 2. Are they correct? You have to explain.
Yes, both equal 16
A student says 28 is odd. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Disagree, 28 is even
5, 9, 13, 17, ___
What comes next? How do you know?
21, add four each time
Jaden has 63 marbles. He loses 28 marbles. Then, he finds 10 more. How many marbles does he have now?
45 marbles.
There are 16 objects. Make TWO different arrays and write equations.
4+4+4+4=16
8+8=16
There are 35 counters. Can 35 be split into two equal groups? What does it tell you if you cannot split a number into two equal groups?
No, it tells you that the number is odd.
Start at 12. Add 5 each time. List the next four numbers.
12,__,__,__,__
17, 22, 27, 32
A class collected 48 pencils for a project. They used 19 pencils on Monday and 17 pencils on Tuesday. How many pencils did they use in all? How many pencils are left for Wednesday?
36 pencils were used, 12 pencils were left for Wednesday
There are 24 students in a class. The teacher wants to arrange them into equal rows. Find TWO different ways to make equal rows. Write an addition equation for each array.
6+6+6+6=24
A number is between 40 and 50. It is even. The digits add up to 10. What could the number be?
46
Look at the pattern.
8, 13, 18, 23, __, __
What are the next two numbers?
What is the rule of the pattern (how much are you adding each time?)
28, 33
Rule: add 5 each time