Vocabulary
Comparison Bar Problems
Array problems
Tricky Problems
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100

A ________ is a mathematical sentence with an equal sign. 

WORD BANK: 

expression

equation

addend

sum 

product

equation

100

Write the less than, greater than, and equal to signs! 

< , >, =

100

Ms. R packed 3 boxes full of doughnuts. In each box, she put 3 rows of doughnuts with 3 doughnuts in each row. How many doughnuts were there IN ALL? 

3 x 3 x 3 = 27 doughnnuts in all

100

Lucas and Nina were baking cookies. Lucas made 20 cookies. How many more cookies did Lucas make than Nina? 


What information do you need to solve the problem?

How many cookies did Nina bake?

100

Tremelle made 30 paper airplanes and gave 10 away. He put the rest in 2 drawers with the same number of paper airplanes in each drawer. How many paper airplanes are in each drawer?

10 paper airplanes in each drawer. 

200

A _________ is a mathematical sentence without an equal sign. 

WORD BANK: 

expression

equation

addend

sum 

product

expression

200

Draw comparison bars for this problem: David has 5 marbles, Ana has 8 marbles.How many more marbles does Ana have than David?

3 more marbles and draw a picture! 

200

Miss Paige was putting chairs in rows. She put the same number in 5 rows. and put 10 in the last row. She set up 35 chairs total. How many chairs did she put in each of the 5 rows? Explain how to solve and write the answer. 

5 chairs in each row. 

200

What information is HIDDEN? Then solve the problem.

Julie bought a dozen eggs at the store. She gave 3 of them to her mom. How many eggs does Julie have now?

Hidden: 12 eggs in a dozen

She has 9 eggs now. 

200

REASONABLE OR NOT?!

Evelina has 412 beads in her collection. Her sister gave her 91 more beads. She sold a number of them. She now has 450 beads. How many did she sell?

Explain how you could decide if you answer is reasonable. 

Explain :)

300

The __________ is another word for the answer when adding together two addends. 

WORD BANK: 

expression

equation

addend

sum 

product

sum

300

Maribel has 18 stickers. Arnon has 13 more stickers than Maribel. How many stickers does Arnon have?

31 stickers

300

What information is EXTRA? Then solve. 

A parking lot had 179 cars and 95 trucks. Then 85 cars left. How many cars are in the parking lot now?

Extra: information about trucks

94 cars. 

300

BONUS! Play one round of what's in the bag as a reward :) 

YAY!

400

One of the numbers to be added is called an _____________. 

WORD BANK: 

expression

equation

addend

sum 

product

addend

400

Grace has 19 fewer stuffed animals than Stella. Stella has 31 stuffed animals. How many stuffed animals does Grace have?

12 stuffed animals

400

What information is HIDDEN?

Miss R is going on vacation for 3 weeks and 2 days. How long will she be on vacation?

Hidden: 7 days in a week. 

7 x 3 + 2 = 23 days 

500

The _________ is the answer when multiplying two numbers together. 

WORD BANK: 

expression

equation

addend

sum 

product

product 

500

Ms. R read 12 books this month. She read 5 fewer than Lucas read. How many books did Lucas read?

17 books read by Lucas