Rainbows
The school added eight new slides to the playground. Now the playground has seventeen slides. How many slides did the playground originally have?
11 slides
Jerry had some quarters. He found two more while walking and now he has seventeen quarters total. How many did he have to start with?
15 quarters
Ned bought five new shirts. Now he has twelve shirts total. How many shirts did Ned have at the start?
7 shirts
There was a line of people in the lunch room when eight more people got in line. Now there were eleven people total in line. How many people were in line to start with?
3 people
At the park there was an old set of swings. Later they put seven new swings in and now the park has thirteen swings total. How many old swings were at the park?
6 old swings
At the arcade Tom had won some tickets. Later he won nine more tickets and had sixteen total. How many tickets did Tom have to start with?
7 tickets
Gwen put her seven fish into her sister's fish tank. Now there were ten fish total in the tank. How many fish were in the tank to start with?
3 fish
At a bus stop four people got on the bus. Now there were fourteen people total on the bus. How many people were on the bus before?
10 people
At the fair eight people got in line for the Ferris wheel. Now there were nineteen people total in line. How many people were in line to start with?
11 people
At the book fair Adam bought eight books. Now he has seventeen books total. How many books did Adam have before the book fair?
9 books
Vanessa had some candy when her friend gave her five more pieces. Now Vanessa has ten pieces total. How many pieces did she have to start with?
5 pieces of candy
A pet store put two birds in a cage. Now there are four birds total in the cage. How many birds were in the cage to start with?
2 birds
A baker had already made some cakes but baked five extra. Now he had eight cakes total. How many cakes did the baker have before?
3 cakes
A store hired four new employees. After hiring the new employees they had sixteen employees total. How many employees did they have originally?
12 employees
Isabel bought seven DS games at a yard sale. Now she has nineteen DS games. How many games did she originally own?
12 DS games
Ned collected three cans for recycling. When he put them with the cans he already collected he had nineteen total. How many cans had he already collected?
16 cans