Problem Solving: 1st Six Weeks Week 1-4

A school nurse recorded the weight of three students.

• * Lisa weighs 91 pounds

• * Bill weighs 89 pounds

• * Andy weighs 84 pounds

How much more does Lisa weigh than Andy?

Jim and his friends bought tickets to a carnival.

• * Jim bought 85 tickets

• * Betty bought 58 tickets

• * John bought 79 tickets

How many carnival tickets did Jim and John buy combined?

There were 9 planes that took off from the airport in the morning and 5 planes that took off in the afternoon. How many planes left the airport?

Randy opened a package of 15 pencils. He gave 6 pencils to his sister and 4 pencils to his brother. How many pencils did Randy still have?

The baker sliced a pie into 6 slices. Then she sliced another pie into 8 slices. How many slices of pie did she have?

James picked 17 oranges from his tree. He gave 8 oranges to his grandmother. How many oranges did he have left?

Karen had 44 pieces of candy. She gave 18 pieces to her brother. Which number sentence can be used to find the number of pieces she had then?

• 44 + 18 = □

• 18 - 18 = □

• 44 + 44 = □

• 44 - 18 = □

Mr. Garcia had 55 cows, 40 horses, and 25 pigs. Which of these shows one way to find how many more cows than pigs he had?

• subtract 40 from 55

• subtract 25 from 40

• add 55 and 25

• subtract 25 from 55

Tam baked 15 oatmeal cookies. She baked 8 fewer sugar cookies than oatmeal cookies. How many sugar cookies did she bake?

Ava had 12 pencils and 9 erasers. Sarah gave her 7 more pencils. How many pencils did Ava have then?