Subtraction
What word identifies subtraction?
Daniel removes 72 blocks from a jar. There were originally 84 blocks in the jar. How many blocks are left in the jar?
What is 12?
Removes, left
While building the house, Charlie noticed that they were running out of nails, so he told his father he is going to buy some. If they still have 9 nails left and Charlie bought 2 boxes of nails, the big one containing 55 nails and the small one containing 31, how many nails will they have?
What is 95?
9 + 31 + 55 = 95 They have 95 pieces of nails.
how many
Mona prepared rainbow-colored cupcakes for dessert. If she made one box of cupcakes for each of the 7 colors of the rainbow and each box has 6 cupcakes, how many cupcakes did Mona prepare in total?
What is 42?
7 x 6 = 42 Mona prepared a total of 42 cupcakes.
each, total
Nine of her closest friends like stickers. If she plans to give all of them an equal number of stickers, how many stickers will each receive if she has 72 stickers?
What is 8?
72 ÷ 9 = 8 Each friend will receive 8 stickers.
give, equal number, each
A diagram in which the numerical values of variables are represented by the height or length of lines or rectangles of equal width.
What is a bar graph?
rectangles of equal width
What word identifies subtraction?
There are 67 bird families living near the mountain. If 32 bird families flew away for winter, how many bird families were left near the mountain?
What is 35?
Flew away, left
In order to start constructing the house, Charlie and his father needed to gather some wood from the forest. If they initially have 15 extra planks of wood in the house and Charlie and his father got 10 planks of wood each, how many pieces of wood do they have in total?
What is 35?
15 + 10 + 10 = 35 There are 35 planks of wood.
total, how many
Her mom also baked some cookies. If she baked 5 pans of cookies for 30 minutes each and there are 8 cookies per pan, how many cookies did her mom bake?
What is 40?
5 x 8 = 40 Her mom baked 40 cookies for her birthday.
each, how many
In Haley’s class there are 5 boys who love to play marbles. They once played for 4 straight hours! If Haley has 35 marbles, how many marbles will each of the boys receive?
What is 7?
35 ÷ 5 = 7 Each boy will receive 7 marbles.
how many, each
Using a way to mark or record your counting. It's a numerical system used to make counting easier. It is a system that helps keep the count of things by number. They are commonly used for counting scores, points, number of people, etc.
What is a Tally Mark?
mark or record your counting
Jason starts with 49 crayons. Joshua takes 42 away. How many crayons does Jason end with?
What is 5?
take away
To have a more stable tree house, Charlie’s father decided to tie the corner posts of the house to the tree itself. He used 24 inches of rope for the first post, 20 inches on the second, 14 inches on the third and 12 inches on the fourth. He also had 15 feet of cable but did not use that. How many inches of rope were used?
What is 70?
24 + 20 + 14 + 12 = 70 Charlie’s father used 70 inches of rope.
how many
They planned to serve some cold drinks as well. If they make 9 pitchers of drinks and each pitcher can fill 6 glasses, how many glasses of drinks are they preparing?
What is 54?
9 x 6 = 54 They are planning to prepare 54 glasses of drinks.
each, how many
When relatives visit Haley’s family, she and her cousins do origami. If she has 48 origami papers to give away to her six cousins, how many will each receive if she gives everyone the same number of origami papers?
What is 8?
48 ÷ 6 = 8 Each cousin will receive 8 origami papers.
give away, how many, each
A graph that uses pictures and icons to represent data.
What is a pictograph?
uses pictures and icons
At the river, 25 out of 55 salmon families went to warmer waters to avoid being frozen. They had to swim 125 miles to get there! How many salmon families were left in the river?
What is 30?
left
The treehouse is almost done; all they need is to paint it. His father estimated that they will use 20 ounces of white paint, 15 ounces of green paint and 34 ounces of brown paint and 6 paintbrushes. How many ounces of paint would they buy in total?
What is 69?
20 + 15 + 34 = 69 They should buy a total of 69 ounces of paint.
how many, total
They decided to hold the party in their backyard. They have 8 tables, and each table is 10 feet long and has 7 chairs. How many chairs do they have for the guests?
What is 56?
8 x 7 = 56 They have 56 chairs for their guests.
each, how many
A large bag of balls was kept under Haley’s bed. Her mom placed the balls in bags for children in foster homes. If every bag can contain 4 balls and Haley has 36 balls, how many bags will be used?
What is 9?
36 ÷ 4 = 9 A total of 9 bags will be used.
placed, how many
A chart that shows a line joining several points or a line that shows the relation between the points.
What is a line graph?
line joining several points
The wolves, though accustomed to cold weather, also wanted to move away from the incoming winter. If there are 43 packs of wolves living in the forest and 31 packs went away, how many wolf packs were left in the forest?
What is 12?
went away, left
Upon finishing the treehouse, Charlie’s mother served them freshly baked cookies. If Charlie ate 15 cookies, his father ate 10 and his mother only ate 5, please write an equation to show how many cookies were eaten in total?
What is 30?
15 + 10 + 5 = 30 There were 30 cookies eaten.
how many, total
At the end of the party, Mona gave away some souvenirs to her 6 closest friends. If each of them received 2 souvenir items, write an equation for how many souvenirs Mona gave away?
What is 12 ?
6 x 2 = 12 Mona gave away 12 souvenir items.
each, gave away
Haley has 63 magazines in her cabinet. She plans to send it to the recycling office in their area. If she places it in boxes which can hold 9 magazines, write an equation for the number of boxes she will use.
What is 7?
63 ÷ 9 = 7 Haley will use 7 boxes.
send, places
An arrangement of objects, pictures, or numbers in rows and columns.
What is an array?
rows and columns