Vocabulary
Adding
Subtracting
Word Problems
Estimating Sums/differences
100

The answer to an addition problem

What is the sum?

100

Find the sum.

45,876+9,765=

What is 55,641?

100

Find the difference.

45,908-34,569=

What is 11,339?

100

Use the 4-step plan (understand, plan, solve, check) to solve this problem.

John has 30 marbles. He buys 15 more and then loses 8. How many marbles does he have now?

What is 37 marbles?

100

There are 74 coconut cookies and 48 chocolate cookies in a jar. Estimate the total number of cookies.

Round the numbers to the nearest ten

What is 

74---> 70

48---> 50

70+50=120 cookies

200

The answer to a subtraction problem.

What is the difference?

200

Find the sum.

345,688+23,456=

What is 369,144?

200

Find the difference.

68,000-34,543=

What is 33,457?

200

Use the 4-step plan (understand, plan, solve, check) to solve this problem.

A store had 200 toys. They sold 75 toys and then received a shipment of 50 more. How many toys are in the store now?

What is 175 toys?

200

Let us estimate 48 - 22 


What is 

48---> 50

22---> 20

50-20=30

300

A letter or symbol that stands for an unknown number.

What is variable?

300

Use the compensation strategy to find the sum.

25+16=

What is

25-4=21

16+4=20

21+20=41

300

Use the compensation strategy to find the difference.

45-16=


What is 

45-4=41

16+4=20

41-20=21

300

Use the 4-step plan (understand, plan, solve, check) to solve this problem.

Lisa read 45 pages of a book on Monday and 30 pages on Tuesday. If the book has 150 pages, how many pages does she have left to read?

What is 75 pages?

300

Estimate the difference between 728 and 495 


728---> 700

495---> 500

700-500=200

400

states that the way in which three or more numbers are grouped does not change the sum of these numbers.

What is the associative property of addition?

400

Use the compensation strategy to find the sum.

3,456+2,454=

What is 

3,456+4= 3,460

2,454-4=2,450

3,460+2,450= 5,910

400

Use the compensation strategy to find the difference.

678-548=

What is

678+2=670

548-2=546

670-546=124

400

Use the 4-step plan (understand, plan, solve, check) to solve this problem.

A pet store had 28 snakes. They had the snakes in cages with 4 snakes in each cage. How many cages did the pet store have?

 What is 7?

400

 Find the actual sum and the estimated sum 

19+68=

What is 

Actual:

19+68= 87

Estimated: 

19--->20

68--->70

20+70=90

500

changing the order of two or more numbers while adding them does not change the sum. 

What is the Commutative Property of Addition?

500

Use the compensation strategy to find the sum.

1,234,465+ 56,780


What is

1,234,465-5=1,234,460

56,780+5= 56,775

1,234,460+56,775=1,291,235

500

Use the compensation strategy to find the difference.

1,356,780-567,775=


What is

1,356,780-105=1,356,675

567,775+105=567,880

1,356,675-567,880=778,795

500

Use the 4-step plan (understand, plan, solve, check) to solve this problem.

There are 2,475 books in total in the library. 592 books are on loan and 137 books are missing. Out of the 592 books, 74 books are late. How many books are there in the library?

What is 2,475 – 592 – 137 = 1,746 

There are 1,746 books in the library.

500

Find the actual difference and the estimated difference

 899 - 526

What is 

Actual:

899-526= 373

Estimate:

899---> 900

526--->500

900-500=400