All Common Core: 1st Grade Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #826 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Todd’s street is having a block party. Todd sees families setting up tables and families setting up games. How many total families does Todd see?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total families Todd saw when he puts the families setting up the tables together with the families setting up the games. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #827 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
There are two after school programs at Steve’s school. One program has students and the other program has . How many students go to the after school programs?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total sutents are in the after school programs when we put the two programs together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #828 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Drew has homework in his English class and his science class. He has chapters to read in his science book and chapters to read in his English book. How many total chapters does Drew have to read?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total chapter he has to read when we put the English and the science chapters together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #829 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
There are girls and boys in Mrs. Ray’s class. How many total students does Mrs. Ray have in her class?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total students there are when we put the boys and the girls together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #831 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
For the school play, there are singing parts and talking parts. How many total parts are in the play?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total parts there are when we put the singing and the talking parts together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #1281 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)
We ordered a large pizza and a medium pizza. The large pizza has slices of pizza and the medium pizza has slices of pizza. How many total slices of pizza are there?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total slices of pizza we have when we put the medium pizza slices together with the large pizza slices. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #23 : Addition Within 20 To Solve Word Problems
The pet store has tanks for frogs. The first tank has frogs and the second tank has frogs. How many total frogs does the pet store have?
This is an addition problem because we are putting the frogs in the two tanks together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #541 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)
Tim’s favorite tree had branches before the storm last night. He saw branches in the yard this morning. How many branches are left on the tree?
This is a subtraction problem because the tree lost branches, so it will have less than what it started with.
We can start at and count back
Example Question #542 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)
Megan has markers. Ben only has markers so Megan lets Ben have of her markers. How many markers does Megan have left?
This is a subtraction problem because Megan is giving some of her markers away, so she will have less than what she started with.
We can start at and count back .
Example Question #543 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)
The toy panda weighs pounds less than the toy truck. The truck weighs pounds, how much does the panda weigh?
This is a subtraction problem because we are finding the difference in weight between the truck and the panda.
We can start at and count back .