UNIT 01 // SESSION B // EXTRA PRACTICE 2

More story problems, round two

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Draw the box for every problem before you work it out. Whole on top, parts underneath. Problems 4 to 7 are the missing-start kind: the amount someone started with is the whole, and both parts are already known.

1Salma has 7 stickers. Donia gives her 8 more. How many stickers does Salma have now?

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2Mouheb picks 9 apples. Wafa picks 5 more. How many apples do they have now?

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3Wafa has 16 crayons. 9 are blue and the rest are red. How many are red?

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4Mouheb had some marbles. He gave 6 to Wafa. Now he has 9 left. How many marbles did Mouheb start with?

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5Salma had some raisins. She gave 9 to Donia. Now she has 8 left. How many raisins did Salma start with?

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6Donia had some ribbons. She gave 7 to Salma. Now she has 11 left. How many ribbons did Donia start with?

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7Wafa had some seashells. She gave 4 to Mouheb. Now she has 12 left. How many seashells did Wafa start with?

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Watch forProblems 4 to 7 all use the word "gave", which pulls a keyword-reader toward subtraction. In every one, the starting amount is the empty box: draw it first, fill in the two parts you know, and ask what belongs in the whole before choosing an operation.
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