🐨 Part 1: Addition Story Problems

WALT: We are learning to solve addition and subtraction problems using story sentences and represent them with numbers.

1. There are 8 kiwi birds in the forest. 5 more kiwi birds join them. How many kiwi birds are there now?

Number sentence: _____ + _____ = _____

2. Sarah has 12 apples. Her friend gives her 7 more apples. How many apples does Sarah have altogether?

Number sentence: _____ + _____ = _____

3. There are 15 cars in the car park. 9 more cars arrive. How many cars are in the car park now?

Number sentence: _____ + _____ = _____

4. Choose the correct number sentence for this story: "There were 6 sheep in the paddock. 4 more sheep came through the gate."

6 - 4 = 2

6 + 4 = 10

4 + 6 = 10

🐟 Part 2: Subtraction Story Problems

5. There were 20 fish swimming in the harbour. 8 fish swam away. How many fish are left?

Number sentence: _____ - _____ = _____

6. Tom had 18 marbles. He lost 6 marbles at school. How many marbles does Tom have now?

Number sentence: _____ - _____ = _____

7. Which story matches the number sentence 14 - 5 = 9?

There were 14 birds. 5 more came. How many birds now?

There were 14 birds. 5 flew away. How many birds are left?

There were 5 birds. 14 more came. How many birds now?

8. Write your own addition story problem using the numbers 13 and 6:

Number sentence: _____ + _____ = _____

9. Write your own subtraction story problem using the numbers 25 and 9:

Number sentence: _____ - _____ = _____

10. Extension Challenge: Create a two-step story problem that uses both addition and subtraction: