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Primary Number Problems

Word problems for classroom or home use to build problem solving skills

Explore and download addition and subtraction word problems to support early number concepts

Addition within 20 (Large number first)
8 Word Problems

Example:
There are 9 red jets and 5 black jets. How many jets are there all together?

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Addition within 20 (Small number first)
10 Word Problems

Example: The dog got 5 bones and 9 sticks from the park. How many bones and sticks does he have in total?
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Subtraction within 20

10 Word Problems

Example: There are 11 dogs on the bus and 4 got off. How many dogs are left on the bus?

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Addition within 20 (Change unknown)
10 Word Problems

Example: Jess had 3 books and she got some more from the shop. Now she has 7 books. How many books did she get at the shop?
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Subtraction within 20 (Change unknown)
10 Word Problems

Example: 7. Mum had 18 jars of jam and she gave some to Nan. Now she has 14 jars. How many jars of jam did she give to Nan?

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Addition within 100 (Double digit + single digit)
10 Word Problems

Example: Tim had 88 toy cars in a box, then he put 5 more in. How many toy cars are in the box now?

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Subtraction within 100 (Double digit - single digit)
10 Word Problems

Example: There are 32 birds in the tree and 5 fly off. How many birds are left in
the tree?
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Addition and Subtraction within 100
10 Word Problems

Example: Bob had 32 flags and he got 8 more flags. How many flags does he have now?
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Addition within 100 (Change unown)
10 Word Problems

Example: Ben has 29 stamps and his mum gets him some more, now he has 33. How many more stamps did his Mum get him?

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