NAME ____________________________________ DATE __________________

HOMEWORK

Paper Clips

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

Sally and Kira have some paper clips. Sally has 36 paper clips. Kira has 20 fewer than Sally. How many paper clips does Kira have?

NOTE

Students solve a comparison problem.

MWI Story Problems About Comparing: Smaller Unknown


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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?