Word Problems

Read the word problem and choose the type of strip diagram that you would use to solve it.

There were 45 cats at the shelter. On Monday, 15 cats were adopted. How many cats are left at the shelter now?

Read the word problem and choose the strip diagram that you would use to solve the problem:

Niketa had 72 nails in one box and 14 nails in another box. If she put all of the nails in the same box, how many would she have all together?

Read the word problem and choose the type of strip diagram that you would use to solve it.

There were some nuts in the jar. Sally took 40 nuts out of the jar to eat them. Now there are 66 nuts left in the jar. How many nuts were in the jar to start?

Read the word problem and choose the strip diagram that you would use to solve the problem:

Mia had 50 craft beads. Her aunt gave her 25 more craft beads. How many bead does Mia have now?

Choose the equation that best represents the word problem.

There were 67 acorns in one tree and 21 acorns in another tree. How many acorns were there all together?

Use your journal and pencil to solve the word problem:

There were 56 green jellybeans in the jar and 13 purple jellybeans in the jar. How many jellybeans were there all together?

Use your journal and pencil to solve the word problem:

Stella ate 12 bones and Sookie ate 25 bones. How many more bones is Sookie eat than Stella?