Add and Sub
Classify the following problem:
Tom had $20 this morning. He spent $7 at Whataburger. How much money does Tom have now?
Classify the following problem:
There are 3 rows of apples with 6 apples in each row. How many apples are there?
Array - Total Amount Unknown
Classify the following problem:
Two bunnies were sitting on the grass. Some more bunnies hopped there. Then there were five bunnies. How many bunnies hopped over to the first two?
Add to - Change Unknown
Classify the SECOND step of the following problem:
Mr. Brown has apple and pear trees in his orchard. There are 7 more pear trees than apple trees. There are 16 pear trees. How many trees are in the orchard?
Put together - total unknown
Write the computational number sentence for the following problem:
There are 30 dogs and 16 cats available for adoption at Aggieland Humane Society today. How many total animals are there available for adoption?
30 + 16 = ?
Classify the following problem:
Audrey has 6 blue fish and 4 red fish. How many fish does Audrey have?
Put together - Total Unknown
Classify the following problem:
You have 18 inches of string, which you will cut into 3 equal pieces. How long will each piece of string be?
Equal groups - Group Size Unknown
Classify the following problem:
At McDonalds, a Big Mac combo meal costs $6. However, if you order the sandwich, fries, and drink separately, it costs $8. How much less does the combo cost than the three items separately?
Compare - Difference unknown
Classify the FIRST step of the following problem:
There are 5 flavors of candy at a concession stand. Out of these flavors of candy, 2 have chocolate and the rest do not. If a person were to choose one flavor of candy that does not have chocolate and one out of the 10 flavors of soda, how many possible combinations would there be for this decision?
Put together/take apart - addend unknown
Write the semantic number sentence for the following problem:
Alex had eight gallons of gas in his car. He drove for a while and then he had six gallons of gas in his car. How many gallons of gas did Alex use?
8 - ? = 6
Classify the following problem:
John Cena weighs 110 pounds more than Kevin Hart who weighs 141 pounds. How much does John Cena weigh?
Compare - Bigger unknown
Classify the following problem:
If 18 plums are to be packed 6 to a bag, then how many bags are needed?
Equal groups - number of groups unknown
Classify the following problem:
There are 18 unique dinners to choose from at Mackie’s Restaurant by first choosing from one of 3 appetizers and then selecting one entree. How many different entrees does Mackie’s Restaurant offer?
Combination – number of options unknown
Classify the SECOND step of the following problem:
Allison’s team scored 63 points in a recent basketball game they won. If they scored 48 points in the first half, and only made three-point shots in the second half, how many shots did they make in the second half?
Equal Groups – Number of groups unknown
Write the computational number sentence for the following problem:
Your mom is taking you out for dinner and to see a movie. You have 24 different combinations of restaurants and movies to choose from. If there are 6 restaurant options, how many movies can you choose from?
24 ÷ 6 = ?
Classify the following problem:
Monica had some flour. She used 4 cups to make some cookies. Now she has 6 cups. How many cups of flour did she have before baking?
Take from - Start Unknown
Classify the following problem:
A red hat costs $18, and that is 3 times as much as a blue hat costs. How much does a blue hat cost?
Multiplicative Comparison - Start Unknown
Classify the following problem:
Wilson bought 35 vegetable plants for his garden. If he wants to arrange them into 5 equal columns, how many plants should he put in each column?
Array - number of rows unknown
What is the hidden/first question for the first step in the following problem:
There are 64 singers in the choir. The tenors and sopranos are in different rows. There are 32 tenors. There are 8 singers in each row. How many rows of sopranos are there?
How many sopranos are there?
True or False - The semantic and computational number sentences for the following problem are the same:
Kendra is having a pizza party. Every guest will get one soda and one type of pizza. If she offers 3 types of soda and 5 different types of pizza, how many combinations of soda and pizza would her guests have to choose from?
True
Classify the following problem:
Grandma has five flowers. How many can she put in the red vase and how many in her blue vase?
Put together/take apart - both addends unknown
Classify the following problem:
Emily is stocking Starbucks Frappuccinos at Target. The box she unpacked had 56 Frappuccinos inside. The shelf is about 8 Frappuccinos deep. How many Frappuccinos can she put in each row?
Array - Columns Unknown
Classify the following problem:
The floor in Raven’s bedroom is 88 square feet. She has a rug that covers 30 square feet of her floor. How many square feet of Raven’s floor is not covered by the rug?
Put together - addend unknown
True or false - The following problem has the same problem type for both steps:
Tim made 50 skewers for a party. Some of them had fruit on them. 30 of them did not. At the end of the party, there were 5 fruit skewers left. How many fruit skewers were eaten?
False
Put together - Addend unknown
Take from – change unknown
Which operation would appear in the semantic number sentence for the following problem:
At the ASPCA’s shelter in NYC, there are 31 more cats available for adoption than dogs. There are 57 cats available. How many dogs are there?
Addition
? + 31 = 57