Missing First Addend
You have some toys, and if you add 1 more, you will have 4. How many toys do you have?
3 toys
You have 2 balloons and want to have 6. How many more do you need?
4 balloons
You found 2 seashells and then found 5 more. How many seashells do you have?
7 seashells
You have 4 apples and your mom gives you some more. Now you have 9 apples. Write an equation to figure out how many apples your mom gave you and solve.
4 + ? = 9
? = 5 Apples
You see 2 cars, 6 trucks, and 3 buses. How many vehicles do you see?
11 vehicles
You have some candies, and if you add 2 more, you will have 5. How many candies do you have?
3 candies
You see 3 ducks and some more come by. Now you see 7 ducks. How many ducks came by?
4 ducks
If you have 7 birds and 4 birds join, how many do you have?
11 birds
You see 4 ducks and some more swim by. Now there are 16 ducks. Write an equation to find out how many ducks swam by and solve.
4 + ? = 16
? = 12 ducks
Your brother has 4 candies, you have 2 candies, and your sister has 8 candies. How many candies do you have together?
14 candies
You have some stickers, and if you add 4 more, you will have 8. How many stickers do you have?
4 stickers
You have 5 cookies and then your sister brings some more. Now there are 12 cookies. How many cookies did your sister bring?
7 cookies
If you find 6 new toys and already have 5, how many do you have?
11 toys
You have some toys, and your brother gives you 5 of his toys. You now have 18 toys. Write an equation to show how many toys you started with and solve.
? + 5 = 18
? = 13 toys
You pick 3 apples from one tree, 2 apples from another, and 6 apples from a third tree. How many apples did you pick in total?
11 apples
You have some marbles, and if you add 12 more, you will have 19. How many marbles do you have?
7 marbles
You have 8 apples. Your friend comes by with some apples. There are now 18 apples. How many did your friend bring?
10 apples
You have 5 balloons and get 12 more. How many do you have now?
17 balloons
You find some seashells on the beach. Your friend found 9. You put your shells together and now there are 17 seashells. Write and equation to figure out how many seashells you found and solve.
? + 9 = 17
? = 8 seashells
There are 2 fish, then you add 6 more, and your dad adds 9 more. How many fish are there now?
17 fish
9 Bears
Your friend has 13 toys. You bring over some toys. Together you have 24 toys. How many toys did you bring?
11 toys
You have 8 chicken nuggets. Your mom gives you 6 more. How many chicken nuggets do you have?
14 chicken nuggets
You have some juice boxes and your friend brings some more juice boxes. Together there are 16 juice boxes. Write an equation and solve for how many juice boxes you each brought.
? + ? = 16
(could be a variety of answers)
In the house, there are 8 birds, 2 dogs, and 9 rabbits. How many animals are there in total?
19 animals