Math Story Problems

Mr. Smith had 4 cookies. Suzy gave him some more. Then, Mr. Smith had 7 cookies. How many cookies did Suzy give Mr. Smith?

Join (Change Unknown) 4+____=7

Mr. Smith had 6 cookies. Suzy gave him 3 more cookies. How many cookies does Mr. Smith have now?

Join (Result Unknown) 6+3=____

Mr. Smith had some cookies. Suzy gave him 4 more cookies. Then, he had 6 cookies. How many cookies did Mr. Smith start with?

Join (Start Unknown) ___+4=6

Mr. Smith had 9 cookies. He put 3 cookies in each box. How many boxes did he need?

Measurement Division 9/3=___

Roman: Place value? Zero symbol?

No No

Mr. Smith had 7 cookies. 4 were pink and the rest were white. How many cookies did Mr. Smith have?

Part-Part Whole (Part Unknown) 7-4=___ OR 4+___=7

Mr. Smith had 6 white cookies and 3 pink cookies. How many cookies did Mr. Smith have altogether?

Part-Part Whole (Whole Unknown) 6+3=___

Mr. Smith had 12 cookies. He wanted to give them to 3 friends. How many cookies did each friend get?

Partitive Division 12/3=___

Jason has 3 bags of cookies. There are 12 cookies in each bag. How many cookies does Jason have?

Repeated Addition 4x3=12

Mr. Smith had 5 cookies. He gave some to Suzy. Then, he had 1 cookie left. How many cookies did Mr. Smith give to Suzy?

Separate (Change Unknown) 5-___=1

Mr. Smith had 7 cookies. He gave 4 of them to Suzy. How many cookies did Mr. Smith have left?

Separate (Result Unknown) 7-4=___

Mr. Smith had some cookies. He gave 4 to Suzy. Then, he had 4 cookies left. How many cookies did Mr. Smith have to start with?

Separate (Start Unknown) ___-4=4

Separate (Problem Type) What is unknown? Addition or Subtraction?

Subtraction Result, Change, & Start

Egyptian: Place value? Zero symbol?

Yes (Base 10) Yes

Mayan: Place value? Zero symbol?

Yes (Base 20) Yes

Babylonian: Place value? Zero symbol?

Yes (Base 60) No

Join (Problem Type) What is unknown? Addition or Subtraction?

Addition Result, Change, & Start

Part-Part Whole (Problem Type) What is unknown? Addition or Subtraction?

Addition (Part Unknown can be subtraction) Whole & Part

Rows & Columns

Area (Rectangular Array)

Compare (Problem Type) What is unknown? Addition or Subtraction?

Can be either Difference, Smaller, & Larger

Combinations

Cartesian Product

Mr. Smith had 5 cookies. Suzy had 3 cookies. How many more did Mr. Smith have than Suzy?

Comparison (Difference Unknown) 5-3=___ OR 3+___=5

Mr. Smith had 3 cookies. Suzy had 2 more cookies than Mr. Smith. How many cookies did Suzy have?

Comparison (Quantity Unknown) 3+2=___

Mr. Smith had 8 cookies. He had 5 more than Suzy. How many cookies did Suzy have?

Comparison (Referent Unknown) 8-5=___