Word Problems on Addition and Subtraction

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What strategy do you have to do to find the total?

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Adding

Front

The librarian is taking a count of the number of books on a bookcase. There are 105 books on the top shelf. The middle shelf has 27 more books than the top shelf. The bottom shelf has 53 books. How many books are on the bookcase? Is this a 1 step or 2 step problem?

Back

2 step adding

Front

What is the sum of 369 and 248?

Back

Adding

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What does deposit mean?

Back

Adding/ put money

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Find the difference between 876 and 689.

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Subtracting

Front

What is addition?

Back

The process of finding the total or sum by combining two or more numbers.

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What is subtraction?

Back

The process of finding the difference between two numbers by taking one away from the other.

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If you have 10 apples and you give away 3, how many do you have left?

Back

7 apples (10 - 3 = 7)

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What is a word problem?

Back

A mathematical problem presented in a narrative form, requiring interpretation to solve.

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What does it mean to find the total?

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To add all the amounts together.