Problem Solving Two ladybugs were on the fence. Three more landed on the fence. How many ladybugs are there altogether on the fence. Seven tree bugs were on the tree outside the house. Five flew away. How many tree bugs are left on the tree? There are 2 katydids on the ground by the tree. There are 4 grasshoppers on the tree. How many insects are outside? Joan looked out the window of her house. She saw 1 spider on the tree branch. When she looked out later, she saw 7 spiders. How many spiders came to the tree branch when Joan wasn’t looking? Andy looked out the window of his house. He saw 3 flies on the tree branch. When he looked out later he saw only 1 fly. How many flies left the tree branch when Andy wasn’t looking? Jeff had his insect collection outside the house. He had 6 insects. Ann had her insect collection inside the house. She has 5 insects. How many more insects has Jeff collected than Ann? There were 4 praying mantises on one branch of the tree. There were only 2 praying mantises on the other branch. How many praying mantises need to come to the tree branch if there is to be the same number on both branches? There were some bugs on the tree. Sarah found 2 in the house and she threw them outside. They went to the tree. Now there are 8 bugs on the tree. How many bugs were on the tree before Sarah found the two? There were some ants under the gate. Emily caught 5 of them and put them in another yard. Now there are only 3 left under the gate. How many ants were there before Emily caught the 5? Chet’s bug collection had 7 beetles and some spiders. He has 10 bugs altogether. How many were spiders? There are 3 butterflies on the trunk of the tree. Some butterflies are hiding under the leaves at the top of the tree. There are 9 butterflies on the whole tree. How many are hiding? There are 4 butterflies sitting on the gate. Some of the butterflies flew away. Now there is only one left. How many butterflies flew away? Let’s Picnic There are 8 apples in the basket. Five apples are red and the rest are green. How many apples are green? There are 3 sandwiches on each plate. How many sandwiches are there all together? Jennifer has some fruit. While she is picking flowers the ants carry 7 pieces of fruit away. When she gets back there is only 1 piece of fruit left. How many pieces of fruit did Jennifer start with? Jerry has 12 cookies and he shares some of his cookies with Jim. Now, he has 5 cookies. How many more cookies does Jim have than Jerry? The Fruit Orchard There are 3 trees. Each tree has the same number of branches. There are 21 branches all together. How many branches are on each tree? The bluebird has 10 worms. The red bird has 3 more than the blue bird. How many worms does the red bird have? In the Barnyard Farmer Joe has 12 cows. Three cows are black and the rest are brown. How many brown cows does Farmer Joe have? Three pigs are rolling in the mud. Eight are in the barn. How many more pigs are in the barn than in the mud? The pond has 20 amphibians. Six are frogs and the rest are toads. How many toads are in the pond? Farmer Joe has some eggs. There are 4 eggs in each hen’s nest. If there are 12 eggs in all, how many hens’ nests are there? Some mice live in the haystack. Five mice ran to the barn. There are 7 still in the haystack. How many mice were on the haystack to begin with? Farmer Joe has 10 horses. He gave some to Farmer Todd. Now he has 6 horses. How many horses did he give to Farmer Todd? Farmer Joe has 5 dogs in the back of his truck. He needs 10 dogs to go hunting. How many more dogs does he need? Farmer Joe has 2 fences. There was the same number of birds on each fence. There are 10 blackbirds. How many birds are on each fence? There are 2 mommy ducks by the pond. There are 7 baby ducks. Four babies belong to one mommy dick. How many babies does the other mommy duck have? On the Playground There are 2 children playing hopscotch. How many more children do they need to have a team of 6? There are some children in the sandbox. Three went into the castle. Now there are 4 left. How many children were in the sandbox to begin with? The castle has 3 children inside. The bench has 2 more children sitting on it than are in the castle. How many children are sitting on the bench? Clowns There were some elephants on the big balloon and 6 more joined them. Now there are 11 elephants. How many elephants were there to begin with? There were 9 stickers on the little balloon. Mario, the clown, moves some of the stickers to the big balloon. Now, the little balloon has 4 stickers. How many did he move? Mario, the clown, has some lions. Nine lions leap to the big balloon. Now Mario has 6 lions. How many lions were with Mario to begin with? The big balloon has 11 polka dots. The little balloon has 4 more polka dots than the big one. How many polka dots does the little balloon have? Seashore Kathy had 9 seashells. She gave some to John. Now Kathy has 4 seashells left. How many seashells did Kathy give to John? Mary has some seashells. She gave 4 to Ryan. Now she has 6 seashells left. How many seashells did Mary have to start with? Laura caught 10 Hermit Crabs. Six were red and the rest are blue. How many blue Hermit Crabs does Laura have? Jan has 2 surfboards. Pete has 6 more than Jan. How many surfboards does Jan have? Katie has 8 surfboards. She has 6 more than Tim. How many surfboards does Katie have? Jenny has some buckets. There are 5 shells in each bucket. Altogether there are 15 seashells. How many buckets does Jenny have? Ladybugs There are 3 spots on the ladybug. How many more spots does it need to have 10 spots all together? Allyson has some pet ladybugs. She went outside and collected 4 more from the garden. Now, she has 9 ladybugs. How many did she have to begin with? Susie has some ladybugs. She gave 6 to Joe. Now she has 4 left. How many ladybugs did Susie have to begin with? Julie has some red M&Ms. Jack gave her 2 more and now she has seven. How many did she start with? Julie has some pizza slices. She took 3 more slices. Now she has 6 slices of pizza. How many slices did she have to begin with? Lynn has 6 slices of pizza. She gave some slices to Karen. Now she has 2 slices left. How many slices did she give to Karen? Linda has 4 slices of pepperoni pizza and 2 slices of cheese pizza. How many slices of pizza does she have? Joe put 2 apples in the cart. How many more apples does she need to have 8 apples altogether? Cindy has some apples and she bought 5 more apples. Now she has 8 apples. How many apples did Cindy have to begin with? Stacy had 10 oranges. She put some back. Now she has 6 oranges. How many oranges did she put back?