Tristan had a 50p in his pocket and a 22p in his piggy bank how much did he have altogether? / There are 12 books in the gold box and 40 books in the white box. How many books are there altogether?
50 yellow pencils and 23 red pencils, how many altogether? / In the hall 30 children are having hot dinners and 25 children are having packed lunch. How many children are in the hall?
60 children are in the green zone and 36 children are in the yellow zone. How many children altogether? / Yasmin has 17 blue marbles and 30 silver marbles. How many marbles does she have altogether?
In a traffic survey Joshua saw 40 cars and 23 vans, how many vehicles did he see altogether? / In the PE cupboard there are 22 tennis balls and 70 cricket balls. How many balls are there altogether?
Stuart put 28 apples in the fruit box and 80 bananas in the box too. How much fruit was in the box altogether? / Mrs Tobia puts 30 chocolate biscuits in the biscuit tin. Mrs Coveney adds 11 more. How many biscuits are in the tin now?

WALT: To use written methods to solve addition problems.

WILF:  Use an empty number line to find the answer.

*Write the number sentence first

**Draw a clear number line

Number Problems

Use an empty number line to solve these problems.

  1. Amy had a 20p coin and a 50p coin how much did she have altogether?
  1. There are 10 books in the blue box and 30 books in the red box. How many books are there altogether?
  1. 40 red pencils and 30 green pencils, how many altogether?
  1. In the hall 30 children are having hot dinners and 50 children are having packed lunch. How many children are in the hall?
  1. 20 children are in the green zone and 40 children are in the yellow zone. How many children altogether?
  1. Sam has 10 blue marbles, 30 silver marbles and 50 green marbles. How many marbles does he have altogether?
  1. Tim had 3 new packets of pens. Each packet holds 10 pens. How many pens does he have altogether?
  1. In a traffic survey Jerry saw 20 cars and 10 vans, how many vehicles did he see altogether?
  1. In the PE cupboard there are 40 rugby balls and 70 sponge balls. How many balls are there altogether?
  1. Alice put 40 apples in the fruit box and 80 bananas in the box too. How much fruit was in the box altogether?