TYPES OF ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

WORD PROBLEMS
PROBLEM TYPE
Join Unknown Sum
Laina had four dolls. She
bought two more. How many
dolls does she have now?
4 + 2 =
Missing Addend
Laina had four dolls. She
bought some more dolls. Now
she has six dolls. How many
dolls did Laina buy?
4 + =
Initial Quantity Unknown
Laina had some dolls. She
bought two more dolls. Now
she has six dolls. How many
dolls did Laina have before she
bought some more?
+ 2 =
Separate Unknown Difference
!odney had ten "oo#ies. He ate
three "oo#ies. How many
"oo#ies does !odney have left?
$% & ' =
Missing Subtrahend
!odney had ten "oo#ies. He
ate some of the "oo#ies. Now
he has seven "oo#ies left. How
many "oo#ies did !odney eat?
$% ( = )
Initial Quantity Unknown
!odney had some "oo#ies. He
ate three "oo#ies. Now he has
seven "oo#ies left. How many
"oo#ies did !odney have to
start with?
( ' = )
Part-Part-Whoe Unknown Answer
*ive boys and three girls are on the bas#etball
team. How many "hildren are on the bas#etball
team?
+ + ' =
Missing Addend
,ight "hildren are on the bas#etball team. *ive
are boys and the rest are girls. How many girls
are on the bas#etball team?
+ + = -
Co!pare Unknown Difference
.hmed has two brothers.
/hristine has three brothers.
/hristine has how many more
brothers than .hmed?
' & 2 = or 2 + = '
Larger Quantity Unknown
.hmed has two brothers.
/hristine has one more brother
than .hmed. How many
brothers does /hristine have?
2 + $ =
Smaller Quantity Unknown
/hristine has one more brother
than .hmed. /hristine has
three brothers. How many
brothers does .hmed have?
+ $ = ' or ' ( = $
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