Finding the Unknown Partner OR Total
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.
Sawyer W. scores 3 points. Sawyer L. scores 14 points. How many points do they score in all?
They scored 17 points in all.
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.