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Finding the Unknown Partner OR Total

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    Story problems that ask for the unknown partner or unknown total.
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  • Brinlee sees some turtles on the sand. Then 9 more turtles come along. Now there are 16 turtles. How many turtles were in the sand before?
    There were 7 turtles in the sand before.
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  • Sawyer W. scores 3 points. Sawyer L. scores 14 points. How many points do they score in all?
    They scored 17 points in all.
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  • Axel scores 8 touchdowns. Isaiah also scores some touchdowns. In all, they score 16 touchdowns. How many touchdowns did Isaiah score?
    Isaiah scored 8 touchdowns.
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  • Townes scores some goals. Then Bentley scores 9 goals. In all they score 14 goals. How many goals did Townes score?
    Townes scored 5 goals.
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  • Grayson has some cupcakes. He gets 9 cupcakes from Isaiah. Now he has 15 cupcakes. How many cupcakes did he have at the start?
    He had 6 cupcakes.
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  • Camila sees 18 birds in the tree. Then 9 birds fly away. How many birds are left?
    9 birds are left in the tree.
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  • Ma'Kai and Cali's soccer team made 14 goals in the game last Saturday. In the first half Ma'Kai scored 8 goals. Cali scored some goals in the second half. How many did Cali score?
    Cali scored 6 goals.
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  • Olivia has some cherries. She eats 7 cherries. There are 6 left. How many did she have at first?
    Olivia had 13 cherries at the beginning.
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  • Brinlee and Brooke pick some flowers. They put 8 flowers in the red vase and 9 flowers in the green vase. How many did they pick?
    They picked 17 flowers.
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  • Adau and Milo fly 8 kites. Then they fly 3 more kites. How many kites did they fly that day?
    They flew 11 kites that day.
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  • Owen and Grayson make 7 pizzas. Then they make some more pizzas. Now they have 15 pizzas. How many more pizzas did they make?
    Owen and Grayson made 8 more pizzas.
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  • Laney's horses go into the barn. Then 5 more horses go in. Now there are 15 horses in the barn. How many horses does Laney have at the start?
    Laney has 10 horses.
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  • There are 16 cats. Then 4 cats walk away. How many cats are left?
    12 cats are left.
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  • There are some cats. 7 cats walk away. Now there are 9 cats. How many cats are there at the start?
    16 cats are there at the beginning.
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  • Jadalyn sees 12 bunnies in the grass. 8 bunnies are hopping. The rest are not hopping. How many bunnies are not hopping?
    4 bunnies are not hopping.
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