Addition
Subtraction
Vocabulary
Word Problems
Multi-Step Problems
100

USE PARTIAL SUMS (THE BOXES) 

10,263 + 12, 192 

22,455

100

Use Decomposing! (EXPANDED FORM)

1,865 ‒ 927

938

100

What is a sum?

the answer to an addition problem 

100

Bob had $8,532. Sally had $1,064. How much do they have altogether?

$9,596

100

The Valentine Hotel is preparing is hiring staff for the summer. Last month they hired 4,327 staff. This month they hired 8,024 staff. The hotel needs a total of 17,926 staff. 

How many more staff do they need to get ready?

5,575 more staff 

200

STANDARD NO REGROUPING 

93,887 + 6,012

99,899

200

STANDARD NO REGROUP

39,209 ‒ 7,107

31,102

200

What is a difference?

The answer to a subtraction problem 
200

Bob has 9,682 pieces of candy from Halloween. Sally has 10,063 pieces of candy from Halloween. How much candy do they have altogether?

10,745 pieces of candy 

200

The Valentine Hotel is preparing its rooms for the summer. Building A holds 9,482 rooms. Building B holds 6,501 rooms. The hotel currently has 12,073 rooms ready. 

How much more rooms do they need to get ready?

3,910 rooms 

300

STANDARD REGROUPING 

8,903 + 7,245

16,148 

300

STANDARD REGROUPING

9,992 ‒ 673

9,319

300

What is partial sums?

addition using place value 

300

Bob had 18,245 pieces of paper. Sally took 12,123 pieces of paper from him. How much paper does Bob have left?

6,122 pieces of paper 

300

The Valentine Hotel is preparing its supplies for the summer. Last month they gathered 13,927 supplies. This month they gathered 10,957 supplies. The hotel needs a total of 29,736 supplies. 

How much more supplies do they need to get ready?

4,852 more supplies 

400

STANDARD REGROUPING 

74,342 + 17,991

92,333

400

STANDARD REGROUPING

72,431 ‒ 42,231

30,200

400

What is decomposing?

subtraction using expanded form 

400

Sally works at a car dealership that has 23,847 cars. This week they sold 14,254 cars. How many cars does the dealership have left?

9,593 cars left 

400

The Valentine Hotel is preparing its pools for the summer. Pool A holds 11,842 gallons of water.  Pool B holds 17,963 gallons of water. The hotel currently has 25,672 gallons of treated water ready to fill the pools. How much more water will they need to fill both pools?

The Valentine Hotel needs ______________ more gallons of water to fill both pools.

4,133 more gallons of water 

500

STANDARD REGROUPING

14,449 + 61,725

76,174

500

STANDARD REGROUPING

67,301 ‒ 60,712

6,589

500

What is an algorithm?

a way to solve a problem 

500

Bob has $15,287. He spent $12,869. How much money does he have left?

$2,418

500

The Valentine Hotel had 8,348 guests last spring and 15,436 guests last summer. It wants to have 28,000 guests this spring and summer. How many more guests than last year does the hotel need this year to reach its goal?

The Valentine Hotel needs _________________ more guests than it had last spring and summer to reach its goal.

4,216 more guest