Word problems of the day

Opening your daily math lesson with a Math Word Problem of the Day is an excellent way to set the stage for learning. We all know that word problems are difficult for young learners to grasp, even when the mathematical operation portion of the problem is basic. Incorporate these third grade math word problems one day at a time at the start of your math block to build confidence, critical thinking skills, and a learning community. Students will get used to reading slowly for meaning, while also identifying key information. Encourage students to write out equations and draw pictures to explain their thinking, since this helps them see the light when they are stuck!

Topics covered include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, mixed operation, fractions, area and perimeter, and measurement. All you need to do is post one of these third grade math word problems on your whiteboard or projector screen, then let kids take it from there.

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1. Gage went shopping and bought 19 cupcakes, 18 apple pies, and 47 glazed donuts. How many items did he buy altogether?

2. A shelter is taking care of 384 cats. 176 more arrive. How many cats are in the shelter now?

3. Gabby has 42 books on her bookshelf. Her dad gives her 23 more for her birthday. How many books does Gabby have now?

4. There were 823 people attending a soccer game after 37 people left. How many people were at the game before the people left?

5. Mr. Washington has 44 pencils. He found 37 pencils inside of the cubbies and opened a new pack of 60 pencils. How many pencils does Mr. Washington have in all?

6. Jeff plays Minecraft. On Monday he played for 67 minutes. On Tuesday he played for 32 minutes, and on Wednesday he played for 43 minutes. How many total minutes did Jeff play during the week?

7. Smith Elementary School has 286 boys and 241 girls. What is the total number of students that attend Smith Elementary?

8. Ashley rides her bike to school every day. The ride from her house to her school takes 21 minutes. If she has already been biking for 17 minutes, how much longer does she have to ride before she arrives at school?

9. Jason baked 93 cookies to sell at the school bake sale. He plans to take home whatever cookies he doesn’t sell. If he sold 77 cookies, how many cookies will he take home?

10. A school collects money for T-shirts. Third graders collected $327. Fourth graders collected 138 fewer dollars. How much money did fourth graders collect?

11. Hayden has 610 stickers. There are 250 in a white box and some in a yellow box. How many are in the yellow box?

12. The table shows students’ class points. Which two students’ scores have a difference of 15 points?

13. Ms. Brady has 356 tomato plants. She sells 91 of the plants and gives 49 of the plants away. How many tomato plants does Ms. Brady have left?

14. David’s mom buys apples for his class. There are 5 rows of 4 green apples. There is 1 row of 4 red apples. Fill in the blanks to complete the expressions.

15. A box of chocolates has 14 rows. There are 6 pieces of chocolate in each row. How many pieces of chocolate are in the box?

16. Christy and Jan are playing a card game. Christy has 4 cards and Jan has 4 times as many cards. How many cards do they have together?

17. Emerson is in charge of collecting the basketballs at the end of gym class. There are 6 bins, and 7 basketballs can fit in each bin. How many basketballs are there if each bin is full?

18. Luz had two pages of homework. Each page had five problems on it. How many total problems did she have to complete?

19. Keyanna was drawing on scrap paper. She could fit seven drawings on each page. If she has three pieces of paper, how many drawings can she make?

20. A bakery sells one sugar cookie for $2.00. How much will a dozen sugar cookies cost?

21. Mrs. Smith is getting her classroom ready for the first day of school. She has 25 students in her class. She wants 5 students to sit at every table. How many tables will she need?

22. Alex is organizing his school supplies. He has 141 index cards. He wants to split them into 3 piles.  How many cards will each pile get?

23. Mrs. Blackley’s class plays a review game. The class earns 5 points every time they answer a question correctly. On Monday, the class earns 50 points playing the game. How many questions did the class answer correctly?

24. Maria has 56 gummy bears. She will give all the gummy bears to 8 of her friends. Each friend will get the same number. How many gummy bears will each friend receive?

25. Daniel has 63 coins and 9 piggy banks. If each piggy bank has the same number of coins, how many coins are in each piggy bank?

26. Leslie has 32 dolls in 4 baskets. Each basket has the same number of dolls. How many dolls are in each basket?

27. Levi has 10 fish in his fish tank. 4 fish are goldfish and the rest are minnows. What fraction of the fish are goldfish?

28. Melanie has 8 colored pencils. 3 are green, 2 are yellow, and 3 are blue. What fraction of the pencils are blue?

29. Hannah has a bag of M&M’s. There are 24 M&M’s in the bag. 8 are red, 6 are green, 7 are yellow, and 3 are brown. What fraction of the M&M’s are brown?

30. Mr. Brown needs to order pizza for 18 students. He wants each student to have ¼ of a pizza. How many pizzas should he order?

31. The class took a survey about favorite animals. ¼ of students chose lions as their favorite animal, and ½ of the students chose elephants. The other students chose either sharks or whales. Partition a circle graph to show these results.

32. John wanted a chocolate cake for his birthday. After blowing out the candles, he cut the cake. Out of his 12 party guests, only 6 ate cake. John let his friend Jackson take half the remaining cake home. What fraction of the cake was left over?

33. The area of a rectangle is 72 square units. One side has a length of 9 units. What is the other side length?

34. Monico drew a shape. It was a quadrilateral, and all sides were the same length. Which shape did Monico draw?

35. Gloria is buying a new rug for her bedroom floor. If the floor measures 12 feet x 12 feet, which size rug does she need?

36. The area of Happytown is 42 square miles. If the length is 7 miles, what is the perimeter of the town?

37. Aiden read 2 pages in his chapter book every day for 7 days. The book has 32 total pages. How many pages does Aiden have left to read?

38. Sophia has a twenty dollar bill. She buys six pop-it fidget toys for $2 each. How much money does Sophia have left?

39. There are 10 people at a cookout. Each person will eat 2 hot dogs. There are 8 hot dogs in a package. How many packages are needed?

40. Mrs. Potter bought 160 index cards. She gave the first row 55 index cards, then the second row 72 index cards. How many does she have left to give to the last row?

41. Samantha has 38 markers. She gives 29 markers to her classmates. Then she opens a new pack of 15 markers. How many markers does she have now?

42. There were 18 volleyballs in a bag and 13 volleyballs in a basket. 10 of these were used at recess. How many volleyballs were not used?

43. Mrs. Horton has 1 gallon of milk. She poured out 3 cups of milk. How many cups of milk does she have left?

44. Mark needs to buy yarn for 5 friends to do a science activity. Each friend needs 2 feet of green yarn and 1 foot of purple yarn. How many yards of yarn does Mark need to buy?

45. Nadine’s new jump rope is 4 inches longer than her old jump rope. Her old jump rope was 32 inches long. How long is Nadine’s new jump rope?

46. Dervin lined paper clips up in two rows. Each row was 18 feet long. How many feet of paper clips did Dervin have if he added the two rows together?

47. London started looking for her missing dog at 2:10 pm. It took her 43 minutes to find him. What time did London find her dog?

48. Damon took a train from his house to downtown. The train left the station at 1:08 pm and traveled 33 minutes before arriving downtown. What time did the train arrive?

49. Hannah worked on her homework for 37 minutes. If she started at 7:14 pm, what time did she finish her homework?

50. Kevin started cleaning his room at 6:03 pm. If he finally finished at 6:40 pm, how long did Ned spend cleaning his room?

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We know that word problems are often a struggle for students. My first year in the classroom, when my students sat down to do the complex, open-ended part of our state assessment in February, I had a gut-wrenching feeling that I hadn’t prepared them. We did some word problems within each of our units. But, those word problems weren’t very complex. And, students always knew exactly what to expect because it was exactly what we were practicing. On that day, I realized it wasn’t enough and I made changes immediately. As in, we started a new routine the next week. I began using a word problem of the day and haven’t looked back. Every single year since, no matter what grade I’m teaching, we do a daily word problem. It’s made a huge difference for my students.

Spiral Review with Word Problem of the Day

One of my biggest motivations for doing a word problem of the day is that it gives students a spiral review of the standards. When students are only working on a specific skill in word problems at a specific time, i.e. during each unit of study, they know what skill to look for. It takes some of the analyzation out of it. Students don’t have to truly make sense of the problem. By moving through various problems at different times, students truly don’t know what to expect. Their focus turns to what the problem is asking and they have to use the information presented to develop a plan for solving. This unexpected practice is critical for building strong problem solvers.

Spiraling the standards also gives students ongoing exposure and practice with each standard. This helps them connect that practice to what they already know and help build the synapses needed for long-term memory. Repeated, ongoing practice is key for many students to truly master something and have it become part of their long term memory. I also like when new skills are presented in this way, though it’s not intentional. Students get an opportunity to try applying what they already know using their problem solving skills to tackle something new. It’s fascinating, and reinforcing, to see students successful with new, not formally presented skills. Our focus is then on their thinking and strategy use.

Rigorous Test Prep

As I mentioned, it was upon seeing my students working on the state test that I realized our previous word problem work was not rigorous enough. Students are expected to solve complex word problems using several standards and skills at one time. The state assessment gives several multi-step word problems plus the in-depth performance task that asks students to apply what they know. They need repeated practice with complex multi-step word problems with various contexts. While my daily practice is not to the level of the performance task, it does give students opportunities to use different strategies to solve. It gives them practice making sense of complex problems. Our word problem of the day routine gives students the time to talk about math and their choices in solving problems.

Math Talk

Another huge motivation for our daily problem solving routine is our math talk. During our word problem routine we focus on making sense of the problem, using models, writing equations, and ensuring we’re answering the question that is asked. I scaffold students through the work, focusing on my expectations and our problem solving steps. After that, it doesn’t look the same every day. Because the problem content spirals, our routine changes. Sometimes, we work through the problem together immediately. Most often, though, students complete it on their own. Afterwards, they share their thinking. Sometimes, it’s with a partner. At other times, it’s with a small group. We always bring it back together whole group to talk about the equations identified and strategies used to solve. I also use this time to address any misconceptions and common mistakes. Making sense of the problem and using successful models and equations are the most important components of our daily problem solving routine.

Through our daily word problems, we spend a lot of time talking about the problem and students’ thinking. I explicitly teach and reinforce sentence stems that help guide students’ conversations with each other and for explaining their thinking. Justifying their answers and critiquing the work of others is complex work. Repeated daily practice and scaffolding gives all students an opportunity to engage in these conversations.

My Math Talk Posters are perfect for a classroom bulletin board display. You can get these 17 math talk sentence stems posters for free, in both colored and black and white versions, by filling out the chart below.

Word Problem of the Day

I have year-long bundles of word problems for 1st through 3rd grades. I’ve used these story problems every day year after year as part of our daily problem solving routine. With 30 problems in each set, there’s an abundance of opportunities to practice. Some days we’re able to complete 2 or 3 problems. Most days, we complete just one. We spend 10-15 minutes on each complex problem since our focus is on so much more than just the answer. It’s important that our daily problem is complex and rigorous so that the focus is on making sense of the problem and students’ thinking around their models and strategies.

1st Grade Word Problems of the Day

Building successful problem solvers means intentional problem solving practice with even our youngest learners. My 1st Grade Word Problem of the Day sets start working at the most basic levels. Students focus on making sense of the problems, writing an equation, and using a given picture to help them solve for the unknown. Throughout their practice students work with a variety of word problems including part-part-whole and start-change-end problem types. They give ongoing practice with the range of addition and subtraction word problem types. Students complete bar models, part-part-whole tables, start-change-end tables, tens frames, and use models to help them make sense of addition and subtraction. You can take a closer look at my 1st Grade Story Problem set and download the free set perfect for the beginning of the year by clicking the images below.

2nd Grade Word Problems of the Day

The 2nd grade Story Problems pick up where 1st grade left off. Students focus on addition and subtraction within 20, addition with regrouping, and subtraction without regrouping. As the months go on students begin to work with coin values, measurement lengths, adding 3 numbers, and multi-step problems with addition and subtraction. The 2nd grade word problems really bridge the gap between basic foundational understandings of the operations with the complex multi-step word problems that students will face in 3rd. You can take a closer look at my 2nd Grade Story Problem set and download the free back to school version by clicking the images below.

3rd Grade Word Problems of the Day

The 3rd grade word problems are designed to give students much needed practice with the rigorous problems seen on state tests. Students will experience word problems with a variety of standards including measurement, fractions, and computational skills. Students are often tasked with explaining their thinking or identifying unnecessary information presented in the context. Try out my 3rd Grade Story Problems with the free back to school set by clicking on the image below.

Our Word Problem of the Day, spiral review, and Number of the Day are absolute must supplements to our math block. Our daily problem solving practice gives students ongoing, rigorous practice with the standards and is a much-needed spiral review of the standards. You can read more about the specific steps in our daily routine in my 3 Reads Strategy post.

Choose your grade level and you’ll jump to a page with hundreds of practice word problems, one for each day of the school year. (These pages are in-progress. We’ll keep adding more until we have 30 weeks/150 worksheets per grade level.)

Kindergarten (Level K)

In Kindergarten, daily math word problem series will allow children to practice counting numbers to 20, comparing numbers (using more, most, fewest, etc.), adding and subtracting within 10, and identifying basic shapes.

Grade 1 (Level A)

Daily word problem worksheets for 1st grade students. Most problems require basic addition or subtraction. There are also occasional problems related to counting money and skip counting.

Grade 2 (Level B)

This page has 2nd grade daily math word problems. At this level, we have both single-step and multi-step problems. Single, double, and triple-digit addition and subtraction are frequently featured. Other skills include elapsed time, counting money, and repeated addition (multiplication).

Grade 3 (Level C)

In third grade, students will be presented with 2, 3, and 4-digit addition and subtraction problems, as well as questions involving basic multiplication, basic division, place value, counting money, tables & charts, and fractions.

Grade 4 (Level D)

In 4th grade, the daily word problems will consist of more multi-step math, covering operations with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. There will also be questions related to place value, angles, graphs, and measurement conversions.

Grade 5 (Level E)

These 5th grade daily math worksheets continue to build on elementary math skills. Multi-step problems cover operations with whole numbers, as well as fractions and decimals. Understanding place value, calculating measurements, and reading charts and graphs are among the other skills covered in these worksheets.

Math Buzz

This is a different set of daily review worksheets, featuring a variety of math skills. Each day, students have 5 math questions to answer. Not all problems are word problems in this set.

Starting your daily math lessons with Math Word Problems of the day is a great way to lay off learning. Word problems are usually a difficult topic for young learners to comprehend, even when the mathematical aspect is easy. 

Integrate these first-grade maths word problems daily at the beginning of your math block to develop critical thinking, confidence, and a learning community. Students will adapt slowly to meaning while also interacting with key details. Motivate students to write out word problems equations and draw out pictures to explain their thoughts since this aids them in finding their way when they’re stuck.      

Topics included are addition, multiplication, subtraction, and comparison. Your job is to put up one of these first-grade math word problems on the whiteboard. Then allow kids to do the needful. 

50 First Grade Math Word Problems

1. I had six pencils. If my teacher gave me an additional four, how many pencils do I have? 
2. Gina’s dog took three treats on Sunday with 0 on Monday. How many treats did Gina’s dog take altogether? 
3. Joel went on a zoo visit with his family. He saw a bear, three lions, and two tigers during his first hour. How many animals did Joel see during his first hour at the zoo?
4. Jackson arranged his toy cars by their color. Jackson has six blue, four black, and five green cars. How many cars does Jackson have altogether? 
5. Ben owns two green balloons and four yellow balloons. How many balloons does Ben have in all?     
6. We have three children in the Clark family. Tina is three years old, Joshua four, and Samantha is seven. What is the sum you add up the age of the three children?
7. If you go swimming, and 6 of your pals come along, how many are the swimmers? 
8. The flower in the vase used to be for Rachel’s mom. Three of the flowers dropped then Rachel’s mom had them taken out. Presently there are five fresh flowers in the vase. How many flowers had now been in the vase?  
9. The cat belonging to Hayden had a litter of kittens. Three were gray, two-spotted, and seven were black. How many kittens did Hayden’s cat have altogether?   
10. Pedro took the playground’s three red and six yellow leaves. How many leaves does Pedro have in total?
11. Gabriella studied three books on Monday, six on Tuesday, and four on Wednesday. How many books were read altogether?
12. Should you have three cats, two guinea pigs, and one bunny. How many little noses do they have in total? 
13. If 3 inches of snow are placed on the ground in the morning, we add three more inches again by dinner time. How many inches of snow do we have that day?            
14. My cat has four paws, while my brother’s dog has four paws. How many paws are there in sum?
15. He has 10 pennies, but he misplaced 2 of them. How many pennies does he have now?
16. Jason read seven books during the summer. Clark read five books too. How many more books did Jason read than Clark? 
17. Drake placed ten stickers on his notebook. But when he got to school, he observed some stickers had fallen off. Now Drake only has six stickers on his notebook. How many stickers fell off Drake’s notebook?            
18. Nicole loves to help her mom pick tomatoes from their family garden. She picked nine tomatoes in the garden. Six of them were red, and the others were green. Then they selected all the red tomatoes. How many green tomatoes were left in the garden? 
19. My sister and I have 30 pennies. If I have 10 pennies, how many pennies does my sister have? 
20. The zoological garden had eight tigers. Three of them moved to another zoo site. How many tigers are left?      
21. Matthew read three poems. Martha read some more than Matthew. Altogether they read seven poems. How many poems did Martha read?
22. Haley’s dad purchased eight sandwiches. Haley ate 1of them. How many sandwiches does Harley’s dad have left? 
23. If you boiled seven eggs, the number of floating eggs was one more than the ones that sank. How many eggs float? 
24. Rasheed loves jelly beans. His favorite are the yellow ones. In his bag were 12 jellybeans. How many yellow jelly beans did Rasheed eat? 
25. The gym instructor had five basketballs. The following week, he added some new ones; now, they are nine. How many new basketballs did the gym instructor get?
26. Saheed has six toy cars, and his brother Kamal has four more cars than him. How many more toy cars does Saheed have than his brother Kamal? 
27. Andrew has some marbles. His younger brother gives him five more. Now Andrew has eight marbles. How many marbles did Andrew have initially? 
28. Should you have an 8-pack of crayons, and you offer 3 to two of your friends to use during drawing time? How many crayons do you have left in your pack now?     
29. Jane has four pink erasers and some blue erasers. She has seven erasers in total. How many blue erasers does Jane have? 
30. Lyla serves pizza at her birthday fiesta. The pizza has 12 slices. Lyla and her guest ate eight slices of the pizza. How many pizzas do we have left? 
31. Consider if you have nine toys and your brother has six. How many more toys would you have?       
32. There are eight windows in the classroom. Where some of the windows have decorations, 2 of them do not have directions on them. How many classrooms have decorations?
33. On Friday, you procured some fish from the pet store. Suppose 15 of the 18 fishes have stripes. How many of the fish don’t have stripes? 
34. 8 birds pitched on a fence top. Some birds flew away, and six birds stayed behind. How many birds flew away?        
35. There are six books on Nathan’s shelf. Noah took some of the books. Now there are two books left on the shelf. How many books did Noah take? 
36. Laird has some folders in his backpack and five on his desk. He has eight folders in total. How many folders are in his backpack?
37. Liam has got 8-shorts. Five have superheroes images on them, while the rest have solid colors. How many of Liam’s shorts are of solid colors?      
38. Evelyn was fixing a 20-piece puzzle. After fixing her, she realized that only 18 pieces were there. How many pieces were missing? 
39. Nathan has seven cousins. Some of them are girls, while 3 of his cousins are boys. How many girl cousins does Nathan have?
40. It rained snow for 7 hours on Monday and five on Tuesday. How many more hours did it rain and snow on Monday?        
41. Dan’s mom baked ten chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Dan ate two cookies while his mom ate one cookie. How many chocolate cookies were left?
42. Angela has 16 purple pens. Alex has ten green pens. Angela has ___ more pens than Alex has. 
43. Dora has 75 pennies in her bank. How many pennies will she need to have 100 pennies in her bank account?      
44. on the table were 9 cups of soda. Some of the cups were knocked over, while six were still standing. How many soda cups were knocked over? 
45. Charles has 20 board games. The part was under his bed, while 15 were in his closet. How many board games were under Charles’s bed? 
46. Romano sighted three deer sitting at the top of a hill, but all he could see were their eyes. How many were the eyes Romano saw in all?        
47. Elliot saw five bunnies. He numbered all their ears. How many bunny ears did Elliot count? 
48. Kate counted all of her toes and her mom’s toes too. How many toes did Kate count in total? 
49. Which has more weight? A 15-pound red fox or a 24-pound turkey? 
50. Which has more weight? A 110-pound kangaroo or a 150-pound white-tailed deer.  

Word problems are a fun way to build logic and comprehension skills. These particular problems focus on language rather than math. Children have to pay close attention to the wording and details to solve the problems. Introduce a problem a day as a warm up activity. Because these are made for young students, the vocabulary and situations are relatable and familiar, built around a family named the Wordly’s. There is a performance assessment after every 7 problems, and 77 total problems (not counting the testing opportunities.) Here is a problem from the middle of the book called Pajama Drawer:

First is the word problem, «The youngest Wordly boy’s dresser holds his pajamas, pants, & shirts. The dresser has 3 drawers. Each type of clothing is in a separate drawer. The middle drawer holds his shirts. His pants are in the bottom drawer. In which drawer are his pajamas? Then you talk about it, «Are his pants & pajamas in the same drawer? (no) How many drawers are there? (3) How many different types of clothing are there? (3) The next step is called picture it: (materials: paper & pencil) Draw 3 drawers. Draw to show where the shirts are. Draw where the pants are. Draw where his pajamas are. And finally, the solution: The pajamas are in the top drawer.

The performance assessments have this same format, the students are just doing it without any help from you. In the back is a page index where you can look up a certain skill such as time, money, shape, sequence, etc. The problems are short and sweet, as a warm up should be, but are enough to get your little learners thinking critically and actively. Spiral bound, sc, 6.5×8.5″, 90pp ~Sara

Opening your daily math lesson with a word problem of the day is an excellent way to set the stage for learning! Incorporate them at the start of your math block to build confidence, critical thinking skills, and a learning community. Students will get used to reading for meaning, while also identifying key information. Encourage students to write out equations and draw pictures to explain their thinking, since this helps them see the light when they are stuck!

Topics in these kindergarten math word problems cover addition, subtraction, comparison, number sense, comparing numbers, and measurement. Want this entire set of kindergarten math word problems in one easy document? Get your free PowerPoint bundle by submitting your email here. All you need to do is post one of the problems on your whiteboard or projector screen. Then let kids take it from there.

1. Sue has 2 markers. Tom has 3 markers. How many markers do they have all together?

2. There are 4 red blocks on the rug. There are 4 yellow blocks on the rug. How many blocks are on the rug in all?

3. Sam has 3 marbles. Tim gave Sam 1 marble. How many marbles does Sam have now?

4. One cat is in the yard. 4 more cats come into the yard. How many cats are in the yard now?

5. Jill had 7 toy cars. She got 3 more for her birthday. How many toy cars does Jill have now?

6. Ava has 2 more books than Lucy. Lucy has 6 books. How many books does Ava have?

7. There are 7 red chairs and 2 green chairs at the table. How many chairs are at the table all together?

8. Pete put 2 pencils in his desk. There were 3 pencils in there already. How many pencils are in Pete’s desk now?

9. Tina has 4 jackets at home and 2 jackets at school. How many jackets does Tina have in all?

10. Bob has 5 more stamps than Bill. Bill has 2 stamps. How many stamps does Bob have?

11. James has 5 flowers. He gives Lisa 3 flowers. How many flowers does James have left?

12. 8 birds were on the playground. 5 birds flew away. How many birds are still on the playground?

13. Karen had 4 peanuts. She ate 3 of them. How many peanuts does Karen have left?

14. There are 6 boxes on the truck. 4 boxes are blue. The rest are green. How many boxes are green?

15. Frank has 7 donuts. If he gives 3 away, how many donuts will he have left?

16. Tim had 5 balls at home. He took 1 ball to school. How many balls did he leave at home?

17. There are 10 pieces of fruit in the bowl. 2 are apples. The rest of the fruit are oranges. How many oranges are in the bowl?

18. Kris has 5 stickers. She gives Dave 4 of her stickers. How many stickers does Kris have left?

19. Lisa drew 4 pictures. Kelly drew 6 pictures. Who drew more pictures? How many more?

20. Malik has 10 balls of clay. He gives 10 of the clay balls to Rob. How many clay balls does Malik have now?

21. Sara wants to make 8 cards. She already made 4 of them. How many more cards does Sara need to make?

22. The class sang 5 songs. They want to sing 10 songs. How many more songs does the class want to sing?

23. Rose had some beads on her bracelet. She got 3 more beads and put them on. Now she has 6 beads all together. How many beads did Rose have at the start?

24. Mr. Jones had 4 pens. He bought some more pens. Now he has 6 pens. How many pens did he buy?

25. Lilly has 3 pink hats, 2 white hats, and 1 purple hat. How many hats does Lilly have in all?

26. Pat has 4 erasers. Ken has 2 erasers. Jason has 2 erasers. How many erasers do they have all together?

27. There were some animals in the barnyard. There were 5 goats, 4 cows, and 1 sheep. How many animals were in the barnyard all together?

28. South Street has some houses on it. 3 houses are blue, 1 house is gray, and 4 houses are white. How many houses are on South Street?

29. Meg has a cat, 2 dogs, and a parrot. How many pets does Meg have?

30. Ken likes to plant trees. He planted 7 pine trees, 2 oak trees, and 0 spruce trees. How many trees did Ken plant all together?

31. Ms. Matho gave her class this pattern and asked them to finish it: 3, 4, 5, 6, __, __. What should the last two numbers be?

32. Ian has a pattern on his shirt. It was blue stripe, red stripe, blue stripe, red stripe. What color is the next stripe?

33. The countdown started. The class called out, “10, 9, 8, 7, 6…” What were the next two numbers they called out?

34. Joan was counting her socks by two’s. She had 4 pair of socks. How many socks is that all together?

35. Faith’s hat has a letter pattern on it. It goes A,B,C, A,B,C. What letter comes after B in the pattern?

36. Larry has 12 stamps. Barry has 11 stamps. Who has more stamps?

37. There were 20 yellow backpacks. There were 19 blue backpacks. Which color were most of the backpacks?

38. Jessica had some crayons. Pam had 15 crayons. Jessica had 2 more crayons than Pam. How many crayons did Jessica have?

39. Stan had 14 pennies. Dave had 9 pennies. Who had less pennies?

40. Beth was 8 years old. Her sister, Lori was 10 years old. Who is older? How much older?

41. The stick was 10 inches long. It was painted red and white. 5 inches of the stick were red. How much of the stick was white?

42. Frisky the cat weighs 6 pounds. Mittens the cat weighs 9 pounds. Which cat weighs more? How much more?

43. 17 is Chan’s lucky number. The number that comes before Chan’s is Ming’s lucky number. What is Ming’s lucky number?

44. The buses are all lined up in number order. The #12 bus is Juan’s bus. What number bus comes right after Juan’s bus?

45. Stacey practiced soccer for 6 hours last week. Emily practiced soccer for 4 hours last week. Who practiced soccer longer? How much longer?

46. Mrs. Tang’s class got 18 new books from the book fair. Mr. Smith’s class got 15 new books from the book fair. Which class got more new books from the book fair?

47. There are 10 children at the lunch table. 4 are boys. The rest are girls. How many children at the lunch table are girls?

48. The doors in the school are in number order. Carol is in Room #11. Delia is in the room right before Carol’s. What room is Delia in?

49. There are 3 boxes. The pink box has 4 balls in it. The orange box has 2 balls in it. The black box has 2 more balls than the pink box. Which box has the most balls? How many are in that box?

50. Jon likes to draw. He does 1 drawing every day after school. How many drawings does he do every week?

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