John saw five ducks in the pond. Three more
ducks joined them. How many ducks are in
the pond now?
Six children were playing at the park. Three
went home. How many children are still at the
park?
I have eight pencils in my box. Mom gave me
some more pencils. Now, I have eleven
pencils. How many pencils did Mom give me?
Ten presents were under the tree. My sister
opened some of them. Now, there are seven
presents under the tree. How many presents
did my sister open?
Jane had some pennies in her purse. She
found six more pennies. Then she had ten
pennies. How many did she have before?
Jim picked some apples. He gave four of them
away. Now, he has seven apples. How many
apples did he have before?
Six brown dogs and four black dogs are at the
park. How many dogs are at the park?
Mike has nine toy cars. Bob has five toy cars.
How many fewer cars does Bob have than
Mike?
There are sixteen pieces of fruit in the bowl.
Eight are red apples and the rest are green
apples. How many apples are in the bowl?
Rachel has six fewer hair bows than Faith.
Rachel has four hair bows. How many hair
bows does Faith have?
Mary has thirteen buttons. Some are red and
some are blue. How many of each color does
she have?
Mom has three more rings than my sister.
Mom has twelve rings. How many rings does
my sister have?
Four ants were on the picnic table. Two more
ants crawled up. How many ants are on the
table?
Six ducks were swimming in the pond. More
ducks jumped in the pond. Now there are 10
ducks in the pond. How many ducks jumped
in the pond?
Some kids were on the swings. Three more
kids got on the swings. Now, there are seven
kids on the swings. How many kids were on
the swings at the beginning?
My pizza had five pieces of pepperoni. I
picked three pieces of the pepperoni off. How
many pieces of pepperoni are on left on my
pizza?
My dad’s truck has eighteen wheels. Some of Some bees were in the hive. Four bees flew
his tires went flat. Now he has nine good tires. out. Now, there are 10 bees in the hive. How
How many of his tires went flat?
many bees were in the hive before?
I gave my mom 3 red flowers and 4 yellow
flowers. How many flowers does she have?
Ten birds are in my yard. Seven of the birds
are robins and the rest are cardinals. How
many are cardinals?
The teacher has 6 pencils in the pencil box.
How many can she give Tom and how many
can she give Sue?
The coach has 3 soccer balls and the gym
teacher has 8. How many more does the gym
teacher have?
Sam has 2 fewer marbles than Joe. Sam has 8.
How many marbles does Joe have?
Bob has 5 more ball caps than his big brother.
Bob has 9 ball caps. How many does his big
brother have?
Six cows walked to the pond. Two more cows
joined them. How many cows are at the pond
now?
Some doors were open in the house. Four
more doors were opened. Then there were
nine doors open in the house. How many
doors were open before?
Four leaves fell from a tree. Some more fell
from the tree. Now there are seven leaves on
the ground. How many leaves fell from the
tree?
Three cars were in the race. Two cars came
out of the race. How many cars were still in
the race?
Seven knights were riding horses. Some of
Some jars were on a shelf. Five jars fell to the
them fell off of their horses. Then there were floor. Now there are only six jars on the shelf.
three knights still on horses. How many fell off How many jars were on the shelf before?
their horse?
Two big bugs were on a leaf. Six little bugs
were on the same leaf. How many bugs were
on the leaf?
Ten cups were in a stack. Six cups are blue and
the rest are red. How many of the cups are
red?
Dan has seven markers. How many markers
are read and how many markers are blue?
Jack has nine blocks. Jill has four blocks. How
many more blocks does Jack have?
Tor has five more boxes than Jon. Jon has one
box. How many boxes does Tor have?
Lisa has 4 fewer dolls than Mary. Mary has 8
dolls. How many dolls does Lisa have?