Problem Solving
This page is designed to provide you with examples of word problems you can use when working with your child at home. I encourage you to use these as examples to guide you in creating additional problems. Please remember that your child should be able to tell you the strategy they are using to solve each problem. Your child should also be able to explain their thought process for reaching their answer in written form.
Justin brought ____ pieces of candy to school. He gave ____ pieces to Sahana. How many pieces of candy did Justin have left? (15,7) (34, 12) (76,45)
Devin has ____ blocks. Traci has ___ blocks. How many more blocks does Devin have than Traci? (6, 3) (15, 6) (30,18)
Mrs. Terry bought ___ sugar cookies and ____ peanut butter cookies. How many cookies did she buy all together? Make her total of cookies purchased using tens and ones. (12, 5) (28, 14) (52, 33) Ms. Rodgers has ___ blue stars, ___ green stars, and ___ gold stars. How many stars does she have? Record your answer using tens and ones. (20, 3, 5) (20, 36, 11) (22, 50, 62)
Mrs. Smith threw a birthday party for her son Aidan. She bought ___ red balloons, ___ green ballons, and ___ blue balloons. Build the numbers with base ten blocks and order the numbers from least to greatest. 11 balloons blew away. How many were left? (6, 7, 8) (20, 31, 22) (35, 51, 20)
Cole brought ___ treat bags for the class. Brandon brought ___ more. How many treat bags were there? How many tens do you have? How many ones do you have?
Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin. The right and left sides were made up of ___ logs. The front and back sides were made up of ___ logs. The roof was made up of ___ logs. Order the numbers from least to greatest. How many logs did Abraham use to build his cabin?
The US flag once had 13 stars on it. Now it has 50 stars. How many more stars were added to the flag?
Mrs. Terry and Mr. Terry went to the flower shop to pick out flowers for their wedding. They picked ____ red roses, ___ pink roses ___, and ____ white roses. How many roses did they pick?
Order these numbers from least to greatest. (13, 45, 22) (61, 11, 86) (29, 105, 44)
Mrs. Terry loves reading. She read ___ books on Monday and ___ books on Tuesday. How many more books did she read on Tuesday than on Monday? Which day did she read the most books?
Justin brought ____ pieces of candy to school. He gave ____ pieces to Sahana. How many pieces of candy did Justin have left? (15,7) (34, 12) (76,45)
Devin has ____ blocks. Traci has ___ blocks. How many more blocks does Devin have than Traci? (6, 3) (15, 6) (30,18)
Mrs. Terry bought ___ sugar cookies and ____ peanut butter cookies. How many cookies did she buy all together? Make her total of cookies purchased using tens and ones. (12, 5) (28, 14) (52, 33) Ms. Rodgers has ___ blue stars, ___ green stars, and ___ gold stars. How many stars does she have? Record your answer using tens and ones. (20, 3, 5) (20, 36, 11) (22, 50, 62)
Mrs. Smith threw a birthday party for her son Aidan. She bought ___ red balloons, ___ green ballons, and ___ blue balloons. Build the numbers with base ten blocks and order the numbers from least to greatest. 11 balloons blew away. How many were left? (6, 7, 8) (20, 31, 22) (35, 51, 20)
Cole brought ___ treat bags for the class. Brandon brought ___ more. How many treat bags were there? How many tens do you have? How many ones do you have?
Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin. The right and left sides were made up of ___ logs. The front and back sides were made up of ___ logs. The roof was made up of ___ logs. Order the numbers from least to greatest. How many logs did Abraham use to build his cabin?
The US flag once had 13 stars on it. Now it has 50 stars. How many more stars were added to the flag?
Mrs. Terry and Mr. Terry went to the flower shop to pick out flowers for their wedding. They picked ____ red roses, ___ pink roses ___, and ____ white roses. How many roses did they pick?
Order these numbers from least to greatest. (13, 45, 22) (61, 11, 86) (29, 105, 44)
Mrs. Terry loves reading. She read ___ books on Monday and ___ books on Tuesday. How many more books did she read on Tuesday than on Monday? Which day did she read the most books?