Addition
Ms. Smith has 13 red lollipops and 7 blue lollipops. How many lollipops does she have in all?
20
9 zebras were grazing in a field. 5 of the zebras went to get water. How many are still grazing?
4
There were 17 boxes of cookies at Publix. 9 of the boxes were sold, how many boxes are left?
Subtraction, 8
Mr Jacobs has 13 books. 7 of the books are about animals. How many are not about animals?
Part, 13-7=_____
There are 2 shelves of books. Each shelf can hold 10 books. How many total books can fit on both shelves?
20
Ashanti had 5 tadpoles. She brought in 25 more tadpoles. How many tadpoles are there now?
30
Mr Jacobs had 22 laptops. He gave out 6 of the laptops to teachers. How many laptops does he have now?
16
10 people were dancing at the park. 6 more people started to dance. How many people are dancing now?
Addition, 16
There is a bag of 11 marbles. 6 of the marbles are striped. The rest are spotted. How many marbles are spotted?
Part, 11-6= ______
There are 5 rows of parking spaces in a parking lot. There are 3 spots in each row. How many parking spaces are there all together?
15
There were 18 roses and 14 lilies in a flower pot. How many flowers total are in the pot?
32
There are 13 swings at the park, 6 of the swings have kids on them. How many swings do not have kids on them?
7
Mr Jacobs had 26 sharpened pencils. 11 students borrowed a pencil. How many sharpened pencils are there now?
Subtraction, 15
There were some cookies in a jar. Mr Jacobs ate 14 of the cookies. Now there are 38 cookies in the jar. How many cookies were there to begin with?
52
52 - 14 = 38
There are 3 bowls of bananas. Each bowl has 7 bananas in it. How many bananas are there total?
12
Cam had 22 penguin stuffed animals. Ted gave him 17 more. How many stuffed animals does he have now?
39
Ms Tuffield has 15 Disney pencils, she lost 4 of them. How many pencils does she still have?
11
Martinborough had 18 cars in the parking lot. 11 cars left the parking lot. Now how many cars are still in the parking lot?
Subtraction, 7
Together Mrs. Funnel and Ms. Johnston have 17 balloons. Mrs. Funnel has 11 balloons. How many does Ms. Johston have?
6
11 + _____ = 17
15 pens can fit in each box. How many markers would there be in 4 boxes?
15 + 15 + 15 + 15= 60
In the safari area of the zoo there are three types of animals. There are 13 zebras, 17 rhinos and 16 elephants. How many animals are in the safari area?
56
Ms. Campion has 28 students. 9 of the students are in the media centre, the rest are in the classroom. How many students are in the classroom?
19
There were some birds in a tree. 5 more birds flew into the tree. Now there are 14 birds. How many birds were there to start?
Addition, 9
Mr Jacobs had 19 lollies. Ms Tuffield gave him some more lollies. Now he has 46 lollies. How many pieces did Ms. Tuffield give him?
27
46 - 19 = 27
Each bicycle can have three riders. If there are 18 bicycles, how many riders total could there be?
54