Story Problems

Use your part-part-whole mat to help you solve

the problems.

Sam made 28 ornaments. Carl made 14 ornaments. How many more

ornaments does Carl have than Sam?

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Troy has 34 stickers. He gave 12 stickers to Nick. How many stickers

does he have now?

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Mrs. Allen made 50 cupcakes. She sold some at the bake sale. She now has

25 cupcakes. How many cupcakes did she sell?

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Mrs. Thomas has 25 more calculators than Mrs. Gibson. Mrs. Thomas has 34 calculators. How

many calculators does Mrs. Gibson have?

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Miss Schuchart wrapped some

gifts. She gave 13 gifts away. Now she has 18 gifts. How many gifts did she have to

begin with?

The third graders sang 8 more songs

than the first graders in the holiday

program. The third graders sang 12

songs. How many songs did the first

graders sing?

56 third graders attended the play. 67 fourth graders attended the play. How

many more fourth graders attended than third graders?

There are 54 third graders. 37 of them know their math facts. How many do

not know their math facts?

Sally was decorating two trees. She put 24 ornaments on one tree. She ended up using 63 total ornaments. How many ornaments did she put on

the other tree?

Jackie had some candy canes. Her sister gave her 26 more. Now Jackie

has 37 candy canes. How many candy canes did she have in the beginning?

Renee drew 8 more snowflakes than her sister. Her sister drew

31 snowflakes. How many snowflakes did Renee draw?

Roger has 56 chocolate bells. 25 of them are red and the rest are silver.

How many are silver?

Walmart had some gift cards on a rack. 28 of them were sold. Now there are

13 gift cards left on the rack. How many gift cards were on the rack in the

beginning?

Jackie had 17 dollars to buy gifts. Her mother gave her some more. Now she has 36

dollars. How many dollars did her

mother give her?

There were 45 people working at the grocery store.

Some of them went on break. There are

38 people still working. How many

are on break?