Addition or Subtraction?
Two Equation Problems
Two Step Subtraction and Addition
One-Step Addition and Subtraction
Teacher Trivia
100
Joselyn has 5 cats. Jessina gives her 12 more cats. How many cats does Joselyn have altogether?
Addition
100
Ms Shanafelt has 12 pencils. Ms Fast gives her 18 more pencils. Yuri had 24 pencils. Chumisa gives her 12 more. How many pencils does Ms. Shanafelt have? How many pencils does Yuri have?
Ms. Shanafelt has 30 pencils (12+18=30). Yuri has 36 pencils (24+12=36).
100
Anthony has 17 crackers. Oscar gives him 10 more, and Elizabeth give him 4 more. How many crackers does Anthony have altogether?
Anthony has 31 crackers altogether. I know this because 17+10+4=31.
100
Yuri has 29 pens. Jazmin gives her 21 more. How many pens does Yuri have now?
She has 50 pens because 29+21 = 50
100

How many children does Mrs. Ayers have?

Four

200
Oscar has 15 baseball cards. He gives 7 to Aashyten. How many baseball cards does Oscar have left?
Subtraction
200
Anthony has 32 beans. Mia takes away 12. Emily V has 19 beans. Emily VT takes away 15. How many beans does Anthony have left? How many beans does Emily V have left?
Anthony has 20 beans (32-12=20). Emily V has 4 beans (19-15=4).
200
Aashyten has 36 DVDs. He gives 12 to Yovani and 14 to Emily VT. How many DVDs does Aashyten have left?
Aashyten has 10 DVDs left. I know this because 36-12-14=10.
200
Brian has 43 cheeseburgers. He gives 19 to Yovani. How many cheeseburgers does Brian have left?
Brian has 24 cheeseburgers because 43-19=24
200

What grade did Mrs. Ayers teach?

Kindergarten

300
Jazmin has 29 bananas. Isaias takes away 15. How many bananas does Jazmin have left?
Subtraction
300
Yovani has 30 shoes. Johnquae gives him 13 more. Glenda has 18 shoes. Gloria gives her 13 more. Show many shoes does Yovani have altogether? How many shoes does Glenda have altogether?
Yovani has 43 shoes (30+13=43). Glanda has 31 shoes (18+13=31).
300
Glenda has 29 socks. She gets 11 more from Ms Shanafelt and some more from Johnquae. Now, Glenda has 51 socks. How many socks did Glenda get from Johnquae?
Glenda got 11 socks from Johnquae. I know this because 29+11+11=51.
300
Betsy has 50 crayons. Anthony give her some more. Now Betsy has 62 crayons. How many crayons did Anthony give her?
Anthony gave her 12 crayons. I know this because 50+12=62
300

How old is Mrs. Ayers

36

400
Barby has 12 hot dogs. Mia gives her 10 more hot dogs. Kevin gives her some more. Now, she has 30 altogether. How many hot dogs did Kevin give Barby?
What is addition?
400
Elizabeth has 20 erasers. She gives 12 to Jessina. Natalie has 30 erasers, but Eavin takes away 11. How many erasers does Elizabeth have left? How many erasers does Natalie have left?
Elizabeth has 8 erasers left (20-12=8). Natalie has 19 erasers left (30-11=19).
400
Jessina has 42 doughnuts. She gives 12 to Barby and some more to Kyree. Now, Jessina has 18 doughnuts. How many doughnuts did she give to Kyree?
Jessina gave 12 doughnuts to Kyree. I know this because 42-12-12=18.
400
Gloria has 40 chocolates. Ms. Fast eats some chocolates. Now, Gloria has 15 chocolates. How many chocolates did Ms. Fast eat?
Ms. Fast ate 25 chocolates. I know this because 40 - 25 = 15.
400

If Mrs. Ayers has four children, how many boys does she have?

One

500
Betsy has 50 pickles. Eavin takes away 30. Brian takes away 9. How many pickles does Betsy have left?
What is subtraction?
500
Ms. Fast has 50 One Direction Stickers. Ms. Shanafelt takes away 25. Mia has 30 One Direction stickers, and she gives 11 to Joselyn. How many stickers does Ms. Fast have? How many stickers does Mia have?
Ms. Fast has 25 stickers (50-25=25). Mis has 19 stickers (30-11=19).
500
Emily VT has some hamsters. She gets 8 more from Jazmin and 12 more from Eavin. Now, Emily has 36 hamsters altogether. How many hamsters did Emily have at the beginning?
Emily had 16 hamsters at the beginning. I know this because 16+8+12=36.
500
Kevin has some Legos. Emily V gives him 22 more Legos. Now, Kevin has 35 Legos. How many Legos did Kevin have at the beginning?
Kevin had 13 Legos. I know this because 13 +22 =35.
500

What is Mrs. Ayers' favorite sport?

Football