Addition Word Problems

Grade 5β€’45 minutesβ€’3rd gr common core

Learning Objective

I can solve addition word problems by using drawings and equations to find the unknown number.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 2 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Sarah has 4 apples. Her friend gives her 3 more apples. Draw a picture to show how many apples Sarah has in total. Then, write an equation to represent the problem and solve it.

2. Tom collected 2 seashells on Monday and some more seashells on Tuesday. By the end of Tuesday, he had 6 seashells in total. Draw a math mountain to represent this problem. How many seashells did Tom collect on Tuesday?

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