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1 Addition Stories ➕📖
Read the story, write the number sentence, and find the answer.
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🍪 1. Mom baked 8 cookies. Then she baked 6 more. How many cookies did she bake in all?
Show your thinking (draw dots or tallies):
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🐸 2. 9 frogs are sitting on a log. 5 more frogs hop on. How many frogs are on the log now?
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📚 3. Jack read 7 books last week and 9 books this week. How many books did he read altogether?
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🎈 4. There are 11 red balloons and 8 yellow balloons at the party. How many balloons are there in total?
Show your thinking (draw dots or tallies):
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2 Subtraction Stories ➖📖
Read the story, write the number sentence, and find the answer.
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🍬 1. Zara has 14 candies. She shares 6 with her brother. How many candies does Zara have left?
Show your thinking (draw dots or tallies):
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🐦 2. There are 17 birds on a wire. 8 fly away. How many birds are still on the wire?
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🖍️ 3. A box has 20 crayons. Tim takes out 9. How many crayons are in the box?
Show your thinking (draw dots or tallies):
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⚽ 4. The team scored 13 goals this season. Last year they scored 7. How many more goals did they score this year?
Show your thinking (draw dots or tallies):
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3 Mixed Stories — Add or Subtract? 🤔
Decide if it is addition or subtraction. Circle + or −, then solve.
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🐶 1. 6 puppies are playing. 7 more puppies join them. How many puppies are playing now?
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🌺 2. A garden has 18 flowers. A child picks 9. How many flowers are left in the garden?
I need to (add / subtract):
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🚌 3. A bus has 12 passengers. At the next stop, 5 get off and 3 get on. How many passengers are on the bus now?
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🎁 4. Ava got 8 presents on her birthday. Her grandma gave her 5 more later. How many presents did she get?
I need to (add / subtract):
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4 Draw & Solve 🎨
Draw a picture to help you solve each problem.
🍎 A tree has 7 apples. 6 more grow. How many apples now?
Draw here ✏️
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🐠 15 fish are in a pond. 8 swim away. How many are left?
Draw here ✏️
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⭐ Sam has 9 gold stars and gets 7 more. How many stars total?
Draw here ✏️
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🧁 There were 16 cupcakes. Kids ate 9. How many are left?
Draw here ✏️
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Ex.1: 8+6=14, 9+5=14, 7+9=16, 11+8=19
Ex.2: 14−6=8, 17−8=9, 20−9=11, 13−7=6
Ex.3: 6+7=13, 18−9=9, 12−5=7 then 7+3=10, 8+5=13
Ex.4: 7+6=13, 15−8=7, 9+7=16, 16−9=7