There are 8 monkeys in a tree. 3 are grown-ups, and the rest are babies. How many monkeys are babies?
5 babies
There are 5 m&ms. 2 are blue and the rest are yellow. How many are yellow?
3 m&ms
There are 20 students. 11 are girls and the rest are boys. How many students are boys?
9 students
Teagan says you can use addition to solve subtraction. She says to solve 8-5 = ?, just add 8+5. Explain how she is right and wrong using words, pictures, and numbers.
Yes, you can use addition to subtract. No because when you add, 8+5 you get 13. 13 was not the whole in 8-5.
Blakely says you can use addition to solve subtraction. She says to solve 9-4 = ?, just add 4+5. Explain how she is right OR wrong using words, pictures, and numbers.
Yes, she is right! When you add 5+4 you get 9.
In the pool, there are 8 friends. Some more friends come. Now there are 12 friends swimming. How many friends come to swim with the first 8 friends? Write an addition AND subtraction sentence
4 friends, 8+4=12, 12-8=4
Levi has 5 hats. He gives Nora some. Now Levi has 3 hats. How many hats did Nora get?
2 hats
Eli has 18 shells. He gives Olivia some. Now Eli has 9 shells. How many shells did Olivia get?
9 shells
