Missing Numbers
Math Strategies
Measurement Missions
Math Detectives
100

Find the missing number: 9 + 8 = ___

17

100

Solve the doubles fact: 7 + 7 = ___

14

100

A pencil is 9 centimeters long. A book is 9 centimeters longer than the pencil. How long is the book?

18 centimeters

100

True or false: 6 + 6 has an even sum.

True. 6 + 6 = 12, and 12 is even.

200

Find the missing number: 18 = ___ + 6

12

200

Use 7 + 7 = 14 to help you solve 7 + 8. Explain your thinking.

15. Since 8 is one more than 7, add 1 to 14.

200

Sam’s skateboard is 81 centimeters long. His brother’s skateboard is 53 centimeters long. How much longer is Sam’s skateboard?

28 centimeters

200

John’s book is 18 centimeters long. It is 9 centimeters longer than his pencil. Which two equations represent the pencil’s length, p? A. 18 − 9 = p B. p + 18 = 9 C. 9 − p = 18 D. p + 9 = 18

A and D; the pencil is 9 centimeters long.

300

Find the missing number: 9 + 7 = 10 + ___. Explain how you know.

6. Move 1 from the 7 to the 9: 9 + 7 = 10 + 6.

300

Solve 12 − 5 using a strategy. Show or explain your thinking.

7. Example: 12 − 2 = 10, then 10 − 3 = 7.

300

A yard has four sides measuring 36 meters, 11 meters, 28 meters, and 24 meters. How many meters of fencing are needed to go all the way around it?

99 meters

300

Josh says, “All doubles facts have even sums.” Do you agree? Explain why and give an example.

Yes. Doubling a whole number makes two equal groups, so everything can be paired with nothing left over. Example: 7 + 7 = 14.

400

Find both missing numbers: 20 − 11 = ___ + 4. Then 13 − 9 = 11 − ___.

First blank: 5. Second blank: 7.

400

Solve 9 + 7 using two different strategies. Show or explain both.

Examples: make ten, 10 + 6 = 16; near doubles, 8 + 8 = 16

400

A rectangular garden is 18 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many meters of fencing are needed to go around it? If you have 60 meters of fencing, how much will be left?

54 meters of fencing; 6 meters left.

400

Tom read 39 pages last week and 54 pages this week. Sam read 27 pages last week and 69 pages this week. Who read more pages altogether? How many more?

Sam read 3 more pages. Tom: 93 pages; Sam: 96 pages.