Interactive Whiteboard Activity

Activity Title: Gumball Machine Math

Content Area: Mathematics
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Activity Summary: Gumball Machine Math is a fun way students can learn to count, add and
subtract obects using the interactive whiteboard! This interactive activity allows students to move
gumballs out the machine and into the bo" where that can be added or subtracted! The obects
may also be moved bac# into the gumball machine when done!
Learning $bective: %sing interactive gumballs, students will understand how to add and subtract
numbers u& to '(, with '(() accuracy!
*omain: %nderstand addition and understand subtraction! K!$A!A!
Standard: +!Solve addition and subtraction word &roblems, and add and subtract within '(, e!g!,
by using obects or drawings to re&resent the &roblem
Credits:
Common Core Standards
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Cli& Art
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GUMBALL MACHINE MATH
Directions: Read the word problems then, move the gumballs to count & add or subtract to find the correct solution!
Christy bought 4 pink gumballs then, Christy bought 2
blue gumballs. How many does she have all together?
Hannah had 3 purple gumballs. She gave Jordan 2
gumballs. How many gumballs does Hannah have let?
Joseph bought 2 blue gumballs and !pril bought " pink
gumballs. How many gumballs do they have in all?
#anielle had 3 green gumballs. She dropped one down the
drain. How many gumballs does she have let?
$atelyn bought % green gumballs then she bought & red
gumball. How many gumballs does she have all together?
!a bought ' yellow gumballs. !a bought 2 more orange
gumballs. How many gumballs does he have all together?
!le(is had % yellow gumballs and she ate all % gumballs.
How many gumballs does !le(is have let?
)eyuna bought 4 red gumballs and she gave Julian & red
gumball. How many red gumballs does she have let?
)aylar bought ' blue gumballs yesterday and no gumballs
today. How many gumballs does )aylar have?
*velyn bought & blue gumball and & orange gumball today.
How many gumballs does *velyn have all together?