Spring Story Problems

Use your ten frames to solve the problems. Write down the number
sentence for each problem.

1. My garden has 17 flowers. I picked 5 of them to give away to my friends. How

many flowers do I have left?

2. I went to the park and saw 8 kids flying kites. 6 more kids came with their kites.
How many kites were there at the park?

3. There were 7 bees and 10 butterflies flying in the air. How many bugs were flying
altogether?

4. I found 13 frogs at the pond. 11 hopped away. How many frogs are left?

5. I saw 12 birds in my yard. 2 more birds came into my yard. How many birds are
there now?

Great job! Can you make your own addition and subtraction stories
using ten frames?