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1. Read and Understand.

* Read the problem.
* Ask: Do I understand the
questions?

2. Plan it out!
* Find the answer to the first
question.
* Solve the second question.

3. Solve and Check.

* Solve both questions.
* Check your work.
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Solve the Problem Name: __________________

The Problem

Two pieces of
information
are missing.
1. 2.

Step 1 Step 2
1. 2.

Solution:
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Solve the Problem 1 Name: __________________

The Problem
1. A female bunny gained one pound per week for
six weeks. A male bunny gained two pounds per
week for six weeks. How many more pounds did
the male bunny gain than the female bunny?

Two pieces of
information
are missing.
1. 2.

Step 1 Step 2
1. 2.

Solution:
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Solve the Problem 2 Name: __________________
The Problem
1. Kamoria found seven frogs on Monday and eight
frogs on Tuesday by the pond near her house.
Each frog had five warts. How many more warts
did the frogs have on Tuesday than on Monday?

Two pieces of
information
are missing.
1. 2.

Step 1 Step 2
1. 2.

Solution:
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Solve the Problem 3 Name: __________________
The Problem
1. Bryson grew 10 tulips and 12 daffodils in his
garden. Each tulip has six petals. Each daffodil
has six petals. How many petals are there
altogether?

Two pieces of
information
are missing.
1. 2.

Step 1 Step 2
1. 2.

Solution:
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Word Problems Name: __________________
Solve each word problem below by showing your work in the
boxes. Then write your answer in the box.
1. Imad and Amra are butterflies. Imad drinks 3 grams of nectar a
week. Amra drinks 2 grams of nectar a week. How many grams
of nectar do they drink altogether after 4 weeks?

1. 2.

Solution:

2. Javier loves flying kites. He flies his kite for 1 hour on Monday, 2
hours on Tuesday, 4 hours on Wednesday, and 3 hours on Thursday.
How many more hours did Javier fly his kite on Wednesday and
Thursday than Monday and Tuesday?

1. 2.

Solution:
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 1. Sofia has a 2. Jade invited six
twenty dollar friends over for a
water balloon fight.
bill. She buys
She gave each
five squirt guns friend three
for $3 each. balloons and kept
How much two for herself.
money does How many
Sofia balloons do
they have
have left?
altogether?

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3. Julien has 4. Megan can make

swimming lessons picnic blankets. She
three times a week can make 7
for 30 minutes. blankets with 21
Cayden has lessons
yards of material.
twice a week for 30
How many yards of
minutes. How many
more minutes does material would she
Julien have need to make 10
lessons than blankets?
Cayden?
 5. Amina is selling 6. Cesar wants to buy
lemonade. She sells his mom a present
26 cups on Friday, 15 that costs $15.25. He
cups on Saturday, wants to buy his sister
and 35 cups on a present that costs
Sunday. How many $22.47. He has saved
more cups did she $18.50. How much
sell on Friday and more does he need to
save to be
Saturday
able to buy
than on
both
Sunday?
presents?

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7. Teyana made 1 8. Lincoln is painting

dozen chocolate chip rocks for his garden.
cookies, 2 dozen He needs to paint 500
oatmeal cookies, and rocks total. The first
hour he paints 58, the
2 dozen sugar
second hour he paints
cookies. She gave 105, and the third hour
away 45 cookies to he paints 190. How
her friends. How many more rocks does
many he need to
cookies paint to finish
does she his project?
have left?
 9. Caleb wants to 10. Amir wants to read
rent a boat. The boat 1,000 pages over
costs $50 an hour. He spring break. He reads
wants to rent the a book that has 250
boat for two and a pages, a book that has
102 pages, and a book
half hours. He has
that has 98 pages.
saved up $100. How
How many more pages
much more money
does he need
does he need to read to
to save to be reach his
able to rent goal?
the boat?

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11. Zara wants to raise 12. Mrs. Hansens class is

bees. She buys 20 going to plant
bees the first month, flowers around her
school as a service
35 the second month,
project. They have 6
and 41 the third plots to plant flowers in.
month. If she splits They have 24 daisies, 36
the bees between petunias, and 60
three beehives, how chrysanthemums. How
many bees many flowers do they
are inside plant inside
each hive? each plot?
 Answer Sheet Name: __________________
Use this answer sheet to record your answers to the task cards.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

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Solve the Problem 1 KEY Name: __________________

The Problem
1. A female bunny gained one pound per week for
six weeks. A male bunny gained two pounds per
week for six weeks. How many more pounds did
the male bunny gain than the female bunny?

Two pieces of
information
are missing.
1. How many pounds 2. How many
were gained by the more pounds did the
bunnies. male gain than the
female?

Step 1 Step 2
1. Female: 1x6=6 2. 12-6=6
Male: 2x6=12

Solution: The male gained six more pounds.

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Solve the Problem 2 KEY Name: __________________
The Problem
1. Kamoria found seven frogs on Monday and eight
frogs on Tuesday by the pond near her house.
Each frog had five warts. How many more warts
did the frogs have on Tuesday than on Monday?

Two pieces of
information
are missing.
1. How many frog 2. How many
warts there were more warts did she
total. see on Tuesday than
Monday?

Step 1 Step 2
1. 7x5=35 warts on Monday 2. 40-35=5
8x5=40 warts on Tuesday

Solution: There were 5 more warts.

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Solve the Problem 3 KEY Name: __________________
The Problem
1. Bryson grew 10 tulips and 12 daffodils in his
garden. Each tulip has six petals. Each daffodil
has six petals. How many petals are there
altogether?

Two pieces of
information
are missing.
1. How many petals 2. How many
on the 10 tulips and petals there are all
the 12 daffodils. together.

Step 1 Step 2
1. 10x6=60 tulip petals 2. 60+72=132 petals
12x6=72 daffodil petals

Solution: There are 132 petals altogether.

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Word Problems KEY Name: __________________
Solve each word problem below by showing your work in the
boxes. Then write your answer in the box.
1. Imad and Amra are butterflies. Imad drinks 3 grams of nectar a
week. Amra drinks 2 grams of nectar a week. How many grams
of nectar do they drink altogether after 4 weeks?

1. Imad: 3x4=12 grams 2. 12+8=20 grams

Amra: 2x4=8 grams

Solution: They drink 20 grams altogether.

2. Javier loves flying kites. He flies his kite for 1 hour on Monday, 2
hours on Tuesday, 4 hours on Wednesday, and 3 hours on Thursday.
How many more hours did Javier fly his kite on Wednesday and
Thursday than Monday and Tuesday?

1. Mon./Tues.: 1+2=3 hours 2. 7-3=4 hours

Wed./Thurs.: 4+3=7 hours

Solution: He flies 4 hours more on Wednesday and Thursday.

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 Answer Sheet KEY Name: __________________
Use this answer sheet to record your answers to the task cards.

1. $5 left 2. 20 balloons 3. 30 minutes

5. 6 more
4. 30 yards 6. $19.22 more
cups

7. 15 cookies
8. 147 more 9. $25 more
left

12. 20 flowers
10. 550 more 11. 32 per hive
per plot

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