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Problems with an Unknown Start

Solve each problem. Show your work. Write an equation.

  • 3 Franco and Kira had some fish stickers. They went to Sticker Station and bought 26 more fish stickers for their collection. Now they have 50 fish stickers. How many fish stickers did Franco and Kira have to start?

  • 4 Sally had some balloon stickers. She gave 5 strips of 10 balloon stickers to Jake. Now Sally has 32 balloon stickers left. How many balloon stickers did Sally have to start?


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Coins, Number Strings, and Story Problems Unit 2 Attributes of Shapes and Parts of a Whole Unit 3 How Many Stickers? How Many Cents? Unit 4 Pockets, Teeth, and Guess My Rule Unit 5 How Many Tens? How Many Hundreds? Unit 6 How Far Can You Jump? Unit 7 Partners, Teams, and Other Groups Unit 8 Enough for the Class? Enough for the Grade?