Word Problems 1
Ray buys 9 potatoes. 4 potatoes are white. The rest are red. How many red potatoes are there? Show your work.
5 Red Potatoes
Kaylee has 20 crayons. She finds 8 crayons in her desk. The rest of the crayons are in her crayon box. How many crayons are in Sadie’s crayon box? Show your work.
12 crayons
There are 12 birds on a tree. Some fly away. Now there are 4 birds. How many birds fly away?
8 birds
Troy has 8 white balloons. Mato has 6 red balloons. How many more balloons does Troy have than Mato? Show your work.
2 more balloons
Ming goes to the store. He buys 12 carrots.
7 are purple. The rest are orange. How many orange carrots does Ming have?
Write an equation to solve
12-7=5
7+ ? = 12
Levi has 17 pet fish. 7 of the fish are goldfish. The rest are mollies. How many fish are mollies? Show your work.
10 fish
Seth has 9 grapes. His dad gives him more grapes. Now Seth has 15 grapes. How many grapes did Seth’s dad give him?
6 grapes
David ate 7 cookies. His brother ate 12 cookies. How many more cookies did his brother eat?
5 cookies
Pedro has 10 toy cars. He has 4 more toy cars than Shani. How many toy cars does Shani have?
6 toy cars
Kasa has 17 stickers. There are 9 rainbow stickers. The rest are cat stickers. What equations could you use to find how many are cat stickers?
17-9 = ?
9+? = 17
Sam wants to read 12 books over the summer. 5 books are stories about cats. The rest are stories about horses. How many books are stories about horses?
7 Horse Books
Fola has 8 berries. Fola’s stepmom gives her more berries. Now Fola has 13 berries. How many berries did Fola’s stepmom give her?
5 berries
There are 14 kids on the playground. Some more kids join them. Now there are 20 kids on the playground. How many kids joined them?
6 kids
There are 8 children standing. There are
3 fewer children standing than sitting. How many children are sitting?
11 children
Omar picks 16 apples. He has 9 red apples. The rest of the apples are green. How many apples are green?
What are the 3 numbers in this fact family?
9, 6, 15
There are 16 chairs at a table. 7 students sit down. The rest of the chairs are empty. How many chairs are empty? Show your work.
9 chairs are empty
Marta and her mom use 15 tomatillos to make salsa verde. Marta peels 7 tomatillos. Her mom peels the rest. How many tomatillos does her mom peel?
8 Tomatillos
I took 15 friends out to play. 6 friends came back inside. How many friends stayed out to play?
9 friends
Hugo rides a city bus 12 blocks. Alec rides a city bus 7 blocks. How many fewer blocks does Alec ride the bus? Show your work.
5 fewer blocks
What equation can I use to solve this problem?
I saw 6 mice scurry across the floor. Then a few ran across. I saw a total of 16 mice. How many mice ran across?
16-6=10
6+ 10=16
Lisa sees 14 dogs at the dog park. 6 of the dogs are small dogs. The rest of the dogs are big dogs. How many dogs are big? Show your work.
8 big dogs
A music class has some metal güiros and
9 wood güiros. There are 5 fewer metal güiros than wood güiros. How many metal güiros are there?
4 metal guiros
I make 9 quesadillas for lunch. Some get eaten. I have 4 left over. How many got eaten?
5 quesadillas
My sister read 8 books over the summer. I read 4 more books. How many books in total did my sister and I read together?
20 books
What equation represents this problem?
I bought 13 shirts for my class. Some of them were yellow. 8 were red. How many shirts were yellow?
13-8=5
8+5=13