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The words how many more or fewer tell us to...
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Kate has 34 chickens. 12 have black feathers, and the rest have white feathers. How many chickens have white feathers?
22 chickens
Maya blew up 45 balloons for her party. 12 balloons popped while she was hanging them up. Then, her mom blew up 20 more. How many balloons does Maya have now?
53 Ballons
In All, altogether, total are words that tell us to...
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Ben has 26 Pokemon cards. For his birthday he gets 17 more cards. How many Pokemon cards does he have now?
43 Pokemon Cards
The class library had 88 books. On Monday, students checked out 25 books. On Tuesday, they checked out 13 more. How many books are left in the library?
50 Books
If something is lost or sold in the word problem, we should ____to find the answer.
Subtract
A clown had 56 balloons at the beginning of the cirucs. During the circus he gave 45 away to kids. How many balloons does he have left?
11 Balloons
Liam found 32 shells on the beach. His sister gave him her 18 shells. Then, Liam gave 15 shells to his friend. How many shells does Liam have left?
35 Shells
Buying, getting more, making more, tell us to...
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The carpenter was measuring the length of his boards. The first board was 82 inches long. The second board was 53 inches long. How much longer is the first board?
29 inches longer
A teacher had a bag with 60 pretzels. She gave 22 to the first group of students and 18 to the second group. How many pretzels are still in the bag?
20 Pretzels
True or False: We should always assume that we are adding in a word problem.
False
Dan has 55 pigs. He has 32 female pigs. The rest of the pigs are male. How many female pigs does Dan have?
32 female pigs
A store had 44 toy trucks. They received a shipment of 30 more trucks. By the end of the day, they sold 24 trucks. How many toy trucks does the store have now?
50 toy trucks