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Deciding whether a story is asking you to add or to take away.

Grade 110 questions
1

There are 8 birds on a fence. 5 more land. How many birds are on the fence?

2

Maya had 15 grapes and ate 6. How many are left?

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3

A box holds 12 crayons. 4 are missing. How many crayons are in the box?

4

Sam has 6 red cars and 9 blue cars. How many cars does he have?

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5

If 5 children are on the bus and 8 more get on, there are 13 children.

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6

There were 11 apples and 3 were eaten. How many are left?

7

Which number sentence matches this story? Ana had 10 stickers and gave 4 away.

10 - 4 = 610 + 4 = 144 - 10 = 610 - 6 = 4
8

Leo read 9 pages on Monday and 8 on Tuesday. How many pages altogether?

9

There are 16 seats and 9 are taken. How many are empty?

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10

A jar had some sweets. 6 were eaten and 7 are left. How many were in the jar?

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