ISEE Lower Level Quantitative : How to add

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Example Questions

Example Question #943 : Operations

For a project, Tim needs  pieces of blue paper,  pieces of yellow paper, and  pieces of green paper. How many pieces of paper does Tim need? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total pieces of paper Tim needs all together. We can add the numbers is any order, 

Example Question #4 : Using Addition Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

A bag of marbles has  purple marbles,  black marbles, and  red marbles. How many marbles are in the bag? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total marbles are in the bag all together. We can add the numbers in any order,  

Example Question #5 : Use Addition And Subtraction Within 100 To Solve One And Two Step Word Problems: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Oa.A.1

At the dog park there are  brown dogs,  white dogs, and  black dogs. How many dogs are at the park? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total dogs are at the park all together. We can add the numbers in any order, 

Example Question #5 : Using Addition Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

At school we had a hotdog-eating contest. I ate  hotdogs, Mel ate  hotdogs, and Eric ate  hotdogs. How many total hotdogs did we eat?

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total hotdogs were eaten all together. We can add the numbers up in any order, 

Example Question #6 : Using Addition Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

At the cakewalk there are  chocolate cakes,  yellow cakes, and  white cakes. How many total cakes are there? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total cakes are at the cakewalk all together. We can add the numbers in any order,  

Example Question #7 : Using Addition Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

At Linda’s birthday party there were  peperoni pizzas,  sausage pizzas, and  cheese pizzas. How many total pizzas were there? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total pizzas they have. We can add the numbers in any order,  

Example Question #161 : How To Add

There are two after-school programs at Steve’s school. One program has  students and the other program has . How many total students go to the after-school programs? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total students are in the after-school programs altogether. We can either add  or  

Example Question #162 : How To Add

The carnival game has  different sizes of bears for prizes. There are  small bears,  medium bears, and  large bears. How many total bears does the carnival game have? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total bears the carnival has altogether. We can add the numbers in any order,  

Example Question #472 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Joe spent  cleaning his room,  cleaning his bathroom, and  helping his mom clean the kitchen. How much time did Joe spend cleaning? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how much total time Joe spent cleaning all together. We can add the numbers in any order, 

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