Addition
Your mother had 6 sweet potato pies. Then she bought 3 more pies. How many sweet potato pies did she buy in all?
She bought 9 sweet potato pies.
London caught 8 fish. She gave 3 to the Hawkins family. How many fish does London have left?
8 - 3 = 15
She has 5 fish left.
1 less than 18
17
1 more than 15
16
1 ten 2 ones
12
Dacari put up 3 tents in the first camp. He then put up 8 tents in the second camp. How many tents did Dacari put up altogether? Use the "make ten" strategy.
8 + 2 = 10
10 + 1 = 11
He put up 11 tents.
On Monday, your uncle saw 6 brown bats. On Tuesday, he saw some more brown bats. He saw 11 bats in all. How many bats did he see on Tuesday? Use the "take from ten" strategy.
10 - 6 = 4
4 + 1 = 5
He saw 5 bats on Tuesday.
1 less than 21
20
1 more than 39
40
3 tens 1 one
31
Ms. Daniel has 4 markers in her office. Mr. Kirk has 9 markers. Ms. Kency asked them for 15 markers. Do they have enough to give her? Use the "make ten" strategy.
9 + 1 = 10
10 + 3 = 13
No, they only have 13 markers.
Maniyah needs five cents to buy a sticker. Her brother had 13 cents, but he spent 7 cents on a gum ball. Does he have enough money for Maniyah? Use the "take from ten" strategy.
10 - 7 = 3
3 + 3 = 6
Yes, he has 6 cents.
10 less than 10
0
10 more than 30
40
7 tens 8 ones
78
Jimmia has 7 chocolate brownies and 7 caramel brownies. She needed 16 for her party. Does she have enough? Use the "make ten" strategy.
7 + 3 = 10
10 + 4 = 14
No, she only has 14 brownies.
Makenzie made 10 cups of lemonade. She needed 17 cups for her lemonade stand. How many more does Makenzie need for her stand?
Show with both an addition and subtraction sentence.
10 + 7 = 17
17 - 10 = 7
She needs 7 more cups.
10 less than 25
15
10 more than 100
110
9 ones 6 tens
69
Ronald saw 8 yellow birds and 9 red birds in a tree. How many did he see? Use the "make ten" strategy.
9 + 7 = 16
10 + 6 = 16
He saw 17 birds.
Lai'Lha passed out 9 holiday cards. She has 18 classmates in all. How many more holiday cards does she need to pass out? Use the "take from ten" strategy.
10 - 9 = 1
1 + 8 = 9
She needs to pass out 9 more cards.
10 less than 100
90
10 more than 95
105
3 ones 2 tens
23