Find the Missing Number
Addition/Subtraction Strategies
Vocabulary
Writing/Choosing Equations
Word Problems
100

Write three subtraction equations with a answer of 6.

Answers vary

100

These are examples of what strategy?

7-7=0 ; 12-12=0

Take All facts

100
The result of subtracting one number from another; the amount by which one number is greater or less than another number is what?

Difference

100

Choose the correct equation to match this problem:

John's book is 18 centimeters long. The book is 9 centimeters longer than John's pencil. How long is his pencil? Which of the following represents this situation?

a) 18+9=p  b) p+18=9  c) 9-p=18  d) p+9=18

p+9=18

100

Sara measured a poster. The first side of the poster was 81cm long. The second side was 53 cm long. How much longer was the first side than the second side of the poster?

81-53=28cm longer

200

Write three different addition equations for 15.


Answers vary

200

These are examples of what strategy?

7+0=7 ; 0+14=14

Add Zero Facts

200
The result of adding two or more numbers is what?

Sum or Total

200

Write and solve an equation to match this problem: "The coach has 16 tennis balls and 9 ping-pong balls in a bag. How many more tennis balls than ping-pong balls are in the bag?"

Equations will vary. Examples: 16-9=7;9+7=16

200

Jonah loved to read. Yesterday he read for 36 pages and today he read 28. How many pages did Jonah read in all?

36+28= 64 pages

300

a) 9+7=10+_____

b) 18= 12+______

a) 6

b) 6

300

This is an example of what strategy?

12+9=__n__

= 11+10=__n___

Friendly Numbers

300

The property by which the sum remains unchanged no matter how the numbers being added are ordered, so that a+b=b+a

Commutative property of addition

300

16-8 is a Half Fact. Write two other Half Facts.


Answers will vary. Examples: 14-7; 12-6;18-9

300

Malcom collects special marbles. He had 3 marbles. For his birthday, Malcolm received 17 more special marbles. How many marbles does Malcolm have now?

34+17= 51 marbles

400

a) _____=20-11

b) 11-4=______

a) 9 

b) 7

400

These are examples of what strategy?


7+7=14 ; 3+3=6

Doubles Facts

400

A number that can be exactly divided by 2, all even number end with 0,2,4,6, or 8 is what? 

Even Number 

400

Della says that 7+8 is a Doubles Plus One fact. Do you agree with Della? Why or why not? 

Della is correct. 

7+7 is a Doubles Fact. 7+8 is 1 more than 7+7, so it's a Doubles Plus One fact. 

400

Rosa read 129 pages last week and 124 pages this week. Amy read 127 pages last week and 109 pages this week. Who read more pages in all during this week and last week? How many more pages did she read? Show your work with numbers, pictures, or words.

Rosa: 129+124=253

Amy: 127+109=236

253-236=17 pages; Rosa read 17 more pages than Amy. 

500

a) 18= _____ + 6 


b) 4+8+2+6=______

a) 12

b) 20

500

These are examples of what strategy?


10-5=5 ; 16-8=8

Take Half facts

500

A number that cannot be evenly divided by 2; all odd numbers end with 1,3,5,7 or 9 is what 

Odd Number

500

Josh says that all the Doubles Facts (6+6) have even sums. Do you agree with Josh? Why or why not?

Josh is correct. If you put the same number of the top and bottom rows of the number rack, every bead has a partner, so the answer is even.

500

Explain how you can use a Make Ten fact to solve 9+6. Include the answer to 9+6 in your answer.

9+6 is the same as 10+5 if you take 1 away from the 6 and give it to the 9, and 10+5=15