Properties/Rules
Estimating Sums & Differences
Addition
Subtraction
Multi-Step Word Problems
100

35 − □ = 35. 

Find the unknown number. What rule is this?

What is 0, subtraction rule?

100

Estimate 82,267 + 1,037 by rounding each number to the nearest thousand.

What is 82,000 + 1,000 = 83,000?

100

10,000 more than 25,983. 

What is 35,983? 

100

What is 1,000 less than 63,035?

What is 62,035?

100

Rick drove 12,363 miles one year and 15,934 miles the next year. How many miles altogether?

What is 12,363 + 15,934 = 28,297 miles?

200

83 + 35 = 35 + □. 

Find the unknown number and name the property.

What is 83, commutative property? 

200

Estimate 70,909 − 60,485 by rounding each number to the nearest thousand.

What is 71,000 − 60,000= 11,000?

200

Add: 

2,267 + 1,037.

What is 3,304?

200

Find:

9,004 − 632

What is 8,372?

200

A recipe book will contain 1,045 recipes. There are already 632. How many more recipes are needed?

What is 1,045 − 632 = 413 recipes?

300

(16 + 5) + □ = 16 + (5 + 10). 

Find the unknown number and name the property.

What is 10, associative property?

300

Estimate 432,901 + 177,235 by rounding each number to the nearest thousand.

What is 433,000 + 177,000 = 610,000?

300

Add: 

432,901 + 177,235. 

Estimate to check your answer.

What is 610,136, estimate: 610,000?

300

Find: 

70,909 − 63,485

Estimate or add to check your answer. 

What is 7,424, estimate: 71,000 - 63,000 = 8,000?

300

Parker has $32, earns $10, buys a video game for $28, and then earns another $10. How much money is left?

Write an equation.

What is $32 + $10 − $28 + $10 = $24?

400

Explain the subtraction rule with an example. 

What is when you subtract 0 from any number, the result is the number and when you subtract any number from itself, the result is 0? 

(35-35=0, 35-0=35)

400

Estimate 206,522 + 321,877 by rounding each number to the nearest ten thousand.

What is 210,000 + 320,000 = 530,000?

400

Add: 

206,522 + 321,877. 

Use an estimate to check.

What is 528,399, estimate: 530,000?

400

Find:

83,204 − 47,658

Use addition to check your answer.

What is 35,546, check: 47,658 + 35,546 = 83,204?

400

A school wants to collect 1,045 books. It collects 632 books in week one, 178 in week two, and 96 in week three. How many more books are needed to reach the goal?

What is 632 + 178 + 96 = 906 books. 1,045 − 906 = 139 more books?

500

Explain the difference between the associative and commutative property. Show an example. 

What is commutative: change the order, such as 4 + 7 = 7 + 4. Associative: change the grouping, such as (2 + 3) + 5 = 2 + (3 + 5)?

500

Estimate $54,751 − $43,226 by rounding to the nearest thousand. Then find the exact difference and compare.

What is Estimate: $55,000 − $43,000 = $12,000. Exact difference: $11,525, the estimate is $475 greater?

500

A student solves: 

48,675 +  27,849 = 65,414

Is the student correct?

What is no, the answer is 76,524, the student made mistakes regrouping. 

500

Find and explain how you moved across the zeros: 

60,002 − 28,457

What is 31,545? 

500

Abby has 57 points, earns 37 more, loses 19, and then earns some more. She finishes with 100 points. How many points did she earn on the final turn? 

Use a variable and write an equation.

What is 57 + 37 − 19 + p = 100. Since 57 + 37 − 19 = 75, p = 25 points?