The 5th grade Fall Festival booth sold $850 worth of tickets! However, $75 of that amount went towards prizes and must be paid back.  How much money did they actually make? 

Read the story problem and decide which operation you would use to solve the problem.
Mary's father goes on a lot of business trips. Last month he flew 5,391 miles. The month before he flew 2,469 miles. How many miles has he flown in the last two months?

What operation does the word difference mean?

Jonathan buys 4 sheets of 10 stamps each and 2 sheets of 8 stamps each. He uses 25 stamps on envelopes. Which equation can be used to find n, the number of stamps Jonathan has left?

A family spent $93 at a carnival.

• They spent $18 on tickets to the carnival and $36 on food.
• They spent the rest of the money on games.

Which equation can be used to find g, the amount of money in dollars the family spent on games?

Susan buys 3 packages of 8 apples. She uses 15 apples to make applesauce. Which equation shows how to find the number of apples, a, Susan has left?

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

A family spend $102 at the farmer's market.

*They spend $45 on baked goods and $28 on fruits and vegetables.

*They spend the rest of the money on lunch.

Which equation can be used to find l, the amount of money in dollars the family spend on lunch?

A family spent $98 at a carnival.

-They spent $27 on tickets to the carnival and $35 on food.

-They spent the rest of the money on games.

Which equation can be used to find, g, the amount of money in dollars the family spent on games?

Ben had 5 sheets of stickers. Each sheet had 12 stickers on it. Ben gave 23 stickers to his sister. He gave 16 stickers to his brother. Which equation can be used to determine s, how many stickers Ben has left?

Norah had 125 pennies. She used 35 pennies to buy a tootsie roll at the gas station and gave half of what was left to her sister. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of pennies Norah has now?

18 A family spent $93 at a carnival. • They spent $18 on tickets to the carnival and $36 on food. • They spent the rest of the money on games. Which equation can be used to find g, the amount of money in dollars the family spent on games?

A flower shop had 242 roses. On Saturday it sold 128 of the roses. On Monday the shop got some more roses to sell. Now it has 150 roses. Which set of equations can be used to find r, the number of roses the shop got on Monday?

Ben had 5 sheets of stickers.

*Each sheet had 12 stickers on it.

*Ben gave 23 stickers to his sister.

*He gave 16 stickers to his brother.

Which equation can be used to determine s, how many stickers Ben has left?

Theo earned $500 selling food at a carnival. He earned $260 selling nachos and the rest selling hot dogs for $2 each. Theo used this equation to find h, the number of hot dogs he sold at the carnival.

h = (500 - 260) ÷ 2

How many hot dogs did Theo sell at the carnival?

Read the story problem and then decide which operation you need to use to solve the problem. 
Abe has to write a story 500 words long. He has already written 231 words. How many more words does Abe need to write? 

What operation would you use to solve this problem? 
Tom had 15 baseball cards.  He gave 6 to his friend.  How many cards does Todd have left?

What operation would you use to solve this problem?
Sue was going shopping with her mom.  She bought 4 pairs of pants and 3 shirts.  How many items did she buy in all?