How it works
Draw the story as a bar. A whole bar has parts.
Is the whole missing? Add. Is a part missing? Take away.
For two steps, do one step at a time.
Worked examples
Put together
- Max has 55 stickers in his book. He has 10 stickers on his wall. How many stickers does Max have in all?
- Draw the two parts of the bar.
- The whole is missing, so add.
- So the answer is 65.
Compare
- Zoe has 87 shells. Her brother has 79 fewer. How many shells does her brother have?
- Draw a long bar and a short bar.
- Decide whether to add or take away to find the missing one.
- So the answer is 8.
Two steps
- Raj has 34 marbles. He wins 28 more. Then he wins 35 more. How many marbles does Raj have now?
- Do the first step and say the answer.
- Then use that answer for the second step.
- So the answer is 97.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- Max has 21 stickers. He gets 6 more. How many stickers does Max have now?