Math stories

Justin has five dogs. Keegan has three dogs. How many dogs do they have all together?

• They have six dogs.

• Justin and Keegan have 8 dogs all together.

• 8

• 18

Tasbah has four baseballs. She goes to the store and buys two more. How many baseballs does she have now?

• Tasbah likes to play baseball.

• 2

• She has six baseballs now.

• 16

10+3=?

Mrs. Cox has a pizza. It has 8 pieces. She gives 3 pieces to Mrs. McMahon. How much pizza is left?

• Mrs. Cox sure likes pizza!

• She would have 5 pieces left.

• She would have 11 pieces.

• Why did Mrs. Cox have pizza at school?

Tasbah got a new box of colored pencils. There are 24 pencils. She dropped the box, and 14 fell out. How many pencils does she have now? (Hint: use subtraction for this one)

• She has 24 pencils.

• She should be careful with her pencils.

• Now she only has 10 pencils.

• She has 4 pencils.

What is your favorite thing to do on Saturday?

16+4=?

• 20

• 12

• 2

• 22

Keegan got a new bike for his birthday. He already had 3 bikes. How many bikes does he have now?

• 3

• He only has one bike.

• He has 14 bikes now.

• He has four bikes now.

Five friends are having lunch together. They need to put plates on the table for the spaghetti. They have three plates. How many MORE plates do they need?

• They will need 5 plates.

• They will need to have forks too.

• They will need two more plates.

• 7

15 birds were in a tree. The dog barked and 5 flew away. How many birds are left in the tree? (Hint: use subtraction for this one)

• There are 20 birds in the tree.

• 15-?=5

• Ten birds flew away.

• There are ten birds left in the tree.