What's the equation?
What equation represents the word problem?
Lina need to practice the piano for 15 minutes. She practices for 6 minutes. How many minutes are left?
15 - ? = 6
Write the equation AND solve!
Clara makes 7 bookmarks. Diego makes 4 more bookmarks than Clara. How many bookmarks do Clara and Diego make in all?
7 + 4 + 7 = ?
OR
7 + 4 = 11 + 7 = ?
18 bookmarks
Ben's mom givens him 7 crackers. He eats 6 crackers. His mom gives him 3 more crackers. How many crackers does Ben have now?
7 - 6 + 3 = ?
OR
7 - 6 = 1 + 3 = ?
Which equation represents the problem?
There are 68 tacos for sale at a taco stand. People buy some tacos. Now 10 tacos are left at the taco stand. How many tacos do people buy?
68 - ? = 10
68 - 10 = ?
10 + ? = 68
? + 10 = 68
Write at least 2 equations to solve:
Marcel hangs 14 pictures of his family on a wall. He hangs 8 fewer pictures of his pets than of his family. Can the equation 14 + 8 = ? be used to find how many pictures of his pets Marcel hangs?
14 - 8 = ?
14 - ? = 8
8 + ? = 14
? + 8 = 14
What equation represents the word problem?
There are 15 floats in a parade. Some floats have people on them. 6 floats do not. How many floats have people on them?
15 - ? = 6
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Mila has 12 stickers. She gives 4 stickers to her sister. She buys 6 stickers. How many stickers does Mila have now?
12 - 4 + 6 = ?
14 stickers
Hugo draws 6 pictures. He draws 2 more pictures than Janna. The equation 6 - 2 = ? can be used to find the number of pictures Janna draws. Write another equation that can be used to find the number of pictures Janna draws.
6 - ? = 2
2 + ? = 6
? + 2 = 6
What equation represents the word problem?
Mark has 28 pictures of his dog on his phone. He deletes 5 of the pictures. He takes some more pictures of is dog. Now there are 29 pictures of his dog on his phone. How many more pictures did Mark take?
28 - 5 + ? = 29
OR
28 - 5 = 23 + ? = 29
What equation represents the word problem?
There are some leaves in a tree. 6 leaves drop to the ground. There are 15 leaves left. How many leaves where left in the tree?
? - 6 = 15
Write an equation AND solve:
Hannah has 17 tulip bulbs to plant in her garden. She plants 9 tulip bulbs. How many tulip bulbs does she have left to plant?
17 - 9 = ?
8 tulips left
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Theo played sports outside for 15 minutes. He practiced playing catch for 7 minutes. He spent the rest of the time playing basketball. How many minutes did Theo play basketball?
15 - 7 = ?
15 - ? = 7
7 + ? = 15
? + 7 = 15
8 minutes
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Some balls are in a bin. Luca puts 5 more balls in the bin. Now there are 21 balls in the bin. How many balls were in the bin before?
28 - 5 + ? = 29
OR
28 - 5 = 23 + ? = 29