Addition
Subtraction
Mystery Number
Unknown Quantity Word Problems
Rounding
100

323+546

What is 869
100

178-165

What is 13

100

What are two numbers I can be?

I am even

I round to 0 when rounding to the nearest hundred

I round to 30 when rounding to the nearest ten

What is 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 (any two work)

100

Andre had 245 cards. He buys 7 packages of cards.

What information do you need to know to find the number of cards Andre has now?

What is the number of cards in each package?

100

What is 12 rounded to the nearest 10?

What is 10

200

289+114

What is 403

200

236-145

What is 91

200
What are two numbers I can be?


I am odd

I round to 200 when rounding to the nearest hundred

I round to 160 when rounding to the nearest ten

What is 155, 157, 159, 161, 163 (any two works)

200

There are 240 connecting cubes in the box. Five students each take 9 connecting cubes from the box. How many connecting cubes are left in the box? Write an equation with the unknown quantity. 

What is 240-(5x9)=x 
200

What is 145 rounded to the nearest ten?

What is 150

300

673+319

What is 992

300

368-279

What is 89

300

Han rides his bike a certain distance (in yards). He has his friend guess how far he

rides.

He gives these clues:

• The number is odd.

• The number rounded to the nearest 10 is 880.

• The number is between 870 and 890.

What are two numbers that could be the distance Han rides his bike

What are 875, 877, 879, 881,883 (any of these two work)

300

A butterfly garden has 120 butterflies of one species.

It also has 6 butterflies of each of 5 different species.

How many butterflies are in the garden?

What is 150 butterflies?

120+(6x5)=150

300

What is 347 rounded to the nearest ten and hundred? 

What is 350 and 300

400

779+189

What is 968

400

232-187

What is 45

400

What are two options for my mystery number?

My number is odd

My number rounded to the nearest ten is 990

My number is between 970-1,000

What is 985, 987, 989, 991, 993 (any two of these work)

400

Priya has 120 rare pennies in her coin collection. She

buys 5 nickels at a trade show. Her aunt gives her 6

quarters. How many coins does Priya have now?

What is 131 coins?

120+(5+6)=131

400

What is 989 rounded to the nearest ten and nearest hundred?

What is 990 and 1,000?

500

984+279

What is 1,263

500

852-768

What is 84

500

What are two options for what my mystery number is?

My number is even

My number rounded to the nearest ten is 1,550

My number rounded to the nearest hundred is 1,500. 

What are 1,546, 1,548, 1,550 (any two of these works)

500

A carpenter has 590 nails in his tool bag. He finds a box with some nails in his truck.

Then, he uses 211 nails at a job site. Now, he has 520 nails. 

How many nails does the carpenter find in his truck?

What is 141 nails?

590-211=379

520-379=141


500

What is 1,500 rounded to the nearest thousand?

What is 2,000?