NAME ____________________________________ DATE __________________

DAILY PRACTICE

How Many Balloons? 2

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

  • 1 Jake had some balloons. He went to the store and bought 20 more balloons. Now Jake has 29 balloons. How many balloons did Jake start with?

  • 2 Kira has some balloons. She gives 12 to Sally. Now Kira has 20 balloons left. How many balloons did Kira start with?

NOTE

Students solve story problems about balloons.

MWI Story Problems about an Unknown 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?