Acorn Math

Story Problems
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Print page three (the ten frames page) and laminate it for durability.
Print and cut apart the task cards. Laminate for durability.
Give your student the problem page and the task cards. Demonstrate how to use the ten
frames page to help solve the problems. Ask your student to record equations and solutions
on the problems page in the spaces provided.
Answer Key:

1.) 2 2.) 6 3.) 5 4.) 7 5.) 9 6.) 6 7.) 7 8.) 8

9.) 7 10.) 2 11.) 2 12.) 6 13.) 8 14.) 10 15.) 5 16.) 7

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 Problem #1
Mother Squirrel saved ten
acorns, but a mouse got
into her stash and ate eight.
How many acorns does Mother
Squirrel have now?
Problem #3
Silas Squirrel bought seven
acorns at the store. He ate two
on the way home. How many
acorns does he have left?
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Problem #2
Rodney Rat gave Mary Mouse
two acorns. Mary found four
more in her pantry. How many
acorns does Mary Mouse
have?
Problem #4
Stella Squirrel found four acorns
hidden in the tree. She found
three more under a stick. How
many total acorns did she find?
 Problem #5
Wood mouse collects acorns.
His uncle gave him three
acorns. His brother gave him
six acorns. How many acorns
does he have altogether?
Problem #7
Sawyer Squirrel doesn’t like
acorns. He threw five out the
window. He threw two in the
trash. How many acorns did he
discard?
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Problem #6
Sofia Squirrel ate two acorns
at the party. When she got
home, she ate four more.
How many acorns did she
eat?
Problem #8
Sadie found five acorns under
Sawyer’s window. She found
three more under a flower.
How many acorns did Sadie
find?
 Problem #9
Ruth Rabbit gave Mouse one
acorn. Then she gave Rat two
acorns. She gave four more
acorns to Chipmunk. How many
acorns did Ruth give away?
Problem #11
Chad Chipmunk needs ten
acorns. He found five on the
forest floor and he found three
in a hollow tree. How many
more acorns does Chad need?
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Problem #10
Skippy Squirrel had ten acorns.
He put six acorns on his pizza.
He used another two acorns in
a stew. How many acorns did
he have left?
Problem #12
Jimmy Jay cleaned his nest and
found three acorns. He found
two more on the ground and his
son gave him one more. How
many acorns does Jimmy have?
 Problem #13
Sammy Squirrel had five
acorns. He ate one. His mom
gave him four more.
How many acorns did he have
in all?
Problem #15
Sally Squirrel had ten acorns. She
gave two to her friend. She gave
three more to her brother,
Sammy. What is the total
number of Sally Squirrel’s
acorns?
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Problem #14
The animals are having a picnic.
Pigeon came with two acorns.
Duck came with five acorns. Mouse
came with three acorns. What is
the total number of acorns at the
picnic?
Problem #16
Aunt Sylvie is going to make a nut
cake. She needs four acorns for
the cake, two acorns for the
frosting, and one acorn for the
top. How many total acorns does
she need?
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