4 kittens are in a basket. Someone takes away 2. How many are left?
What is 4-2=2
100
Josie needs to feed her dogs. She has 9 food bowls and 7 dogs. How many more bowls than dogs does she have?
What is 9-7=2; two more bowls.
100
5 pieces of candy are on the teacher's desk. Students eat 5 pieces of candy. How many are left?
What is 5-5=0
100
6 cups are on the table. 3 are red. The rest are yellow. How many cups are yellow?
What is 6-3=3
100
Students create two teams to play kick-ball. One team has 5 players and the other team has 6 players. How many kick-ball players are there in all?
What is 5+6=11
200
Sophie places 10 marbles in a bag. 4 fall out onto the sidewalk. How many are left in the bag?
What is 10-4=6
200
There are 10 parrot toys in the zoo habitat. The zoo has 8 parrots. How many fewer parrots are there?
What is 10-8=2. 2 fewer parrots
200
9 balls bounce into the grass. Students find 9 balls. How many balls were lost?
What is 9-9=0; 0 balls were lost.
200
10 students go to the computer lab. 5 take A.R. tests. The rest work on Fast Math. How many work on Fast Math?
What is 10-5=5; 5 students work on Fast Math.
200
Micah has 4 books to start her bedroom library. She buys 3 more with her allowance money. How many books does she have now?
What is 4+3=7; 7 books
300
Grady and his friends had 8 pieces of pizza. They ate 7 pieces. How many are left?
What is 8-7=1
300
Insects have 6 legs. People have 2 legs. How many fewer legs than insects do people have?
What is 6-2=4; 4 fewer legs
300
There are 4 balloons at the party. 4 children take balloons home. How many balloons are left at the party?
What is 4-4=0; 0 balloons at the party
300
A cookie recipe requires 3 cups of flavored candies. 2 cups are chocolate covered. The rest is caramel. How many candies are caramel flavored?
What is 3-2=1; 1 cup of caramel candies
300
Mrs. Parman spends 1 hour grading math papers and 2 hours grading language and reading papers. How many hours does Mrs. Parman spend grading papers?
What is 1+2=3
400
There were 9 students in Mrs. Hill's 1st grade workshop. 3 students are moved to Mr. Johnson's workshop. How many students does Mrs. Hill have in her workshop now?
What is 9-3=6
400
4 students wanted Scribblers ice creams. There were only 3 Scribblers. How many more did the students need?
What is 4-3=1; 1 more Scribbler
400
3 toy cars fall off the table. Jenny picks up 3 toy cars. How many did she leave on the floor?
What is 3-3=0
400
6 books are checked out from the library before school. 1 is about polar bears. How many of the books are about something else?
What is 6-1=5; 5 books are about something else.
400
Mike pays $5 for a ticket to the dance and then spends $3 for pizza and pop. How much does Mike pay in all?
What is 5+3=8; $8
500
There are 5 puppies in the kennel at the animal shelter. 2 are adopted. How many puppies are still in the kennel?
What is 5-2=3
500
7 desks were taken from the classroom for repairs. The repair man had 3 repair kits. How many more repair kits did he need?
What is 7-3=4; 4 more kits
500
There are 7 horses in the barn. 7 riders take horses from the barn. How many horses are still in the barn?
What is 7-7=0
500
9 students draw pictures for art class. 4 draw pictures of pets and the rest draw pictures of their family. How many students draw pictures of their family?
What is 9-4=5; 5 draw pictures of their family.
500
3 teachers work together to sponsor a food drive in their school. 7 students join their group as helpers. How many teachers and students are working on the food drive?