Three lizards were sunning on a rock. Four more lizards climbed on the rock. How many lizards are on the rock? / Monish had some songs on his ipod. Over the weekend he downloaded 8 more songs. Now he has 12 songs. How many songs did he have at first?
Jordan is reading a book with 15 pages. She read 9 pages yesterday. How many pages does she need to read to finish the book? / John has 12 toy cars. Anthony has 7 toy cars. How many more cars does Anthony have than John?
Maya and Zofa together made 13 drawings. If Zofa made 5 drawings. How many more drawings did Maya make than Zofa? / There are 3 more boys than girls in the class. If there are 8 girls in the class, how many children are in the class?
Problem Solving – ANSWER KEY
Encourage students to apply the “near doubles” and “make a ten” strategies.
11 iPads were on the shelf. Some were checked out. Then there were 6 left. How many iPads were checked out?11-___=6 / Mrs. McGregor’s class scored 6 points in the kickball game. Mrs. Timothee’s class scored 2 more points than Mrs. McGregor’s. How many points were scored in the kickball game?
6 + 2 = 8 points for Mrs.Timothee
6 + 8 = 14 points for the game
Three lizards were sunning on a rock. Seven more lizards climbed on the rock. How many lizards are on the rock?
3 + 7 = ___ / Monish had some songs on his ipod. Over the weekend he downloaded 8 more songs. Now he has 12 songs. How many songs did he have at first?
___ +8 =12
Jordan is reading a book with 15 pages. She read 9 pages yesterday. How many pages does she need to read to finish the book?
15 - 9 =___ / John has 12 toy cars. Anthony has 7 toy cars. How many more cars does Anthony have than John?
12 -7 = ___
Maya and Zofa together made 13 drawings. If Zofa made 5 drawings. How many more drawings did Maya make than Zofa?
13 -5 = 8 drawings by Maya
8 – 5 = 3 more drawings by Maya than Zofa / There are 2 more boys than girls in the class. If there are 11 girls in the class, how many children are in the class?
11 + 2 = 13 boys
11 + 13 = 24 children