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Investigation 1

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Story Problems about Comparing

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

  • 1 Kira and Jake collect seashell stickers. Kira has 47 seashell stickers. Jake has 20 fewer stickers than Kira. How many seashell stickers does Jake have?

  • 2 Franco and Sally collect surfboard stickers. Franco has 55 surfboard stickers. Franco has 30 more stickers than Sally. How many surfboard stickers does Sally have?


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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?