Story Problems

Story Problems

Learning Target

• I can choose the number sentence to match a story problem.

Multiple Choice

Sarah has 5 stickers. Ben gives her some more. Now Sarah has 9 stickers. How many stickers did Ben give her?

• 4 + 9 = 13

• 5 + 9 = 14

• 5 + 4 = 9

Multiple Choice

Marcus had 7 toy cars. He lost 2 of them while he was playing. How many toy cars does he have now?

• 7 + 2 = 9

• 7 - 2 = 5

• 5 - 2 = 3

Think about what the problem is asking

Are we joining numbers together like adding? Or are we separating numbers like subtracting?

Multiple Choice

Riley had some apples. Her mom gave her 6 more. Now she has 11 apples. How many apples did she start with?

• 5 + 6 = 11

• 6 + 11 = 17

• 5 + 11 = 16

Multiple Choice

Ryan had 10 pieces of candy. He gave some to his brother. Now he has 3 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy did Ryan give to his brother?

• 10 - 6 = 4

• 10 + 3 = 13

• 10 - 7 = 3

Poll

How do you feel about solving story problems?