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Number Story Equations
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Number Story Equations
Turn each number story into an equation, then solve it. Write the operation and answer for each story.
Write and solve an equation
Read each story carefully. Use a symbol such as □ for the unknown amount.
1.At the dairy farm, Arjun collected 17 eggs before lunch and Cooper collected 26 eggs afterwards. How many eggs did they collect altogether? Write and solve an equation.
2.A dairy farm packed 52 bottles of milk. The delivery van took 19 bottles to a shop. How many bottles remained? Write and solve an equation.
3.Oliver filled one bucket with 34 litres of milk and another with 28 litres. How many litres of milk were in the two buckets altogether? Write and solve an equation.
4.There were 71 bales of hay in the barn. Arjun used 36 bales to feed the cattle. How many bales were left? Write and solve an equation.
5.Cooper counted 23 calves in one paddock and 18 calves in another. How many calves were there in both paddocks? Write and solve an equation.
More number stories
6.A farm shop had 64 cartons of yoghurt. Customers bought 27 cartons. How many cartons were still in the shop? Write and solve an equation.
7.On Monday, Oliver packed 38 cheese boxes. On Tuesday, he packed 25 more. How many boxes did he pack over the two days? Write and solve an equation.
8.A truck arrived with 83 feed sacks. The workers unloaded 46 sacks. How many sacks were still on the truck? Write and solve an equation.
9.Cooper recorded 29 litres of milk from one morning collection and 37 litres from the next. What was the total amount collected? Write and solve an equation.
10.There were 92 apples in a crate for the farm shop. Oliver sold 38 apples. How many apples remained in the crate? Write and solve an equation.
Make and explain number stories
11.Use at least two of these numbers—56, 32 and 24—to create a dairy-farm number story. Choose addition or subtraction, then write an equation and solve it.
12.Which equation was trickiest for you to solve? Explain what made it challenging.
13.Create a two-step dairy-farm story using addition and subtraction. Write an equation or two linked equations, then find the answer.
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