Two-Step Word Problems
Solve one- and two-step word problems within 100 using addition and subtraction, with unknowns in all positions
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“If a word problem says 'Sam had 78 stickers, gave some away, and now has 45 — how many did he give away?', can your child work out which operation to use and find the answer?”
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- Activity. Solve one- and two-step word problems within 100 using addition and subtraction, with unknowns in all positions
What to notice. Solve a two-step word problem involving adding to and taking from • Represent a word problem with an equation using a symbol for the unknown • Solve comparison problems (how many more/fewer) within 100
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If a word problem says 'Sam had 78 stickers, gave some away, and now has 45 — how many did he give away?', can your child work out which operation to use and find the answer?
Solve one- and two-step word problems within 100 using addition and subtraction, with unknowns in all positions
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- Solve a two-step word problem involving adding to and taking from
- Represent a word problem with an equation using a symbol for the unknown
- Solve comparison problems (how many more/fewer) within 100
“If a word problem says 'Sam had 78 stickers, gave some away, and now has 45 — how many did he give away?', can your child work out which operation to use and find the answer?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Addition & Subtraction
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
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