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Write two situational story problems for each of the four additive types.

Explain how you know you have classified these problems correctly.

Combine
Jennifer has 27 M&Ms made up of 6 different colors. She has 7 green, 3 brown, 2 blue, 4 orange, and 5 red. How many M&Ms are yellow? In this problem everything retains its identity. The size of the total set is known. The size of one of the subsets is provided, but needs to be solved for, and the size of the second subset is unknown. There are schools from New England playing in the 2011 NCAA Mens Ice Hockey Tournament. Those schools are: Boston College (MA), Merrimack (MA), Yale (CT), and UNH (NH). If there are 12 more schools that combine from other four other regions of the country also playing in the tournament. How many schools are there total? The size of the total set needs to be solved for by adding the two subsets that are provided. Everything still retains it identity. There are still 4 schools from New England, 12 schools from four other regions of the country, and 16 schools competing in the tournament.

Change
1. 1. Tom Brady has thrown two touchdown passes a week since the beginning of the season. In week 12 vs. Miami he threw a total of five touchdown passes using four different receivers. How many touchdown passes does Tom Brady have after 12 weeks?

In this problem the start is provided, but needs to be solved for. The change is provided, and the result is unknown, and there is an increase in the total amount. It is now 27 it used to be 22. 2. 2. 3. 4. Anthony has 14 cookies left. He baked a 30 in the morning, and gave 7 to Brandon, 10 to Julie, and 12 to Bob. Alice baked 30 in the afternoon and gave 15 to Anthony. How many did Anthony eat all day?

In this problem there is a decrease in amount. You are given the start, and the result. The start needs to be solved for. The change is unknown. You subtract the result from the start to solve, Which makes this a separate problem. It is now 2, it used to be, or would have been, 16.

Compare
1. George has 7 bananas. He has 5 fewer bananas than the Man with the Yellow Hat. How many bananas does the Man with the Yellow Hat have?

The smaller set and difference are known. The larger set must be solved for by adding the smaller set to the difference. This is a conflict in language problem as the word fewer is associated with subtraction, and addition is used to solve the problem. 2. Paul Pierce scored 36 points in the game last night against Orlando. Kevin Garnett scored 18 points. How many fewer points did Kevin Garnett score than Paul Pierce?

The larger set and smaller set are known. The difference needs to solved for. This is a consistent language problem. The word fewer is consistent with the operation of subtraction, which is used to solve this problem.

Equalize
1. Alexander has played 82 games, and leads the NHL with 57 goals. Sidney has scored 54 goals, and has played 81 games. Sidney has one game remaining in the season. How many goals does he need to score to share the scoring title with Alexander?

In this problem two sets are compared and one is subtracted from the other. The amount of increase for Sidney needs to be solved for by subtracting his current total from Alexanders final total. Three goals by Sidney in his final game would equalize Alexanders total. 2. Jim has 3 apples, 5 pears, and 2 oranges. Julie has 4 oranges, 2 pears, and 1 banana. How many more pieces of fruit does Julie need to have as many as Jim?

First, Jim and Julies amount of fruit need to be added up separately in order to compare the two sets. Then the sets must be subtracted from each other in order find out how much of an increase in fruit it would take for Julie to equalize Jim.

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