1. Common Addition and Subtraction Situations
Operation Action
Common Addition and Subtraction Situations

2. Addition and Subtraction
Start/Change/End
Putting in/Taking Out
Add to/Take from

3. Addition and Subtraction
Part/Part/Whole
Joining/Separating
Put together/Take Apart

4. Addition and Subtraction
Absolute Comparion
Compare

5. Start/Change/End Add to/Result Unknown
The candy shop has 8 pounds of fudge on display. The owner added another 5 pounds to the display. How much candy is on display?
Start
Change
End
8 pounds
+ 5 pounds ?

6. Start/Change/End Add to/Change Unknown
The candy shop has 8 pounds of fudge on display. The owner added candy to the display until there was 13 pounds of candy on display. How much candy did the owner add to the display?
Start
Change
End
8 pounds
+ ?
13 pounds

7. Start/Change/End Add to/Start Unknown
The candy shop had some fudge in the display case. The owner added 5 pounds of fudge to the display. Now 13 pounds of fudge is on display, how much fudge was in the display before the fudge was added?
Start
Change
End ?
+ 5 pounds
13 pounds

8. Start/Change/End Take from/Result Unknown
There were 13 pounds of fudge in the display at the candy shop. A customer bought 5 pounds. How much fudge is left in the display?
Start
Change
End
13 pounds
- 5 pounds ?

9. Start/Change/End Take from/Change Unknown
There were 13 pounds of fudge on display at the candy store. A customer bought some fudge. After this purchase 8 pounds of fudge was on display. How much fudge did the customer buy?
Start
Change
End
13 pounds
- ?
8 pounds

10. Start/Change/End Take from/Start Unknown
Some fudge was on display at the candy store. After a customer bought 5 pounds of candy, 8 pounds remained on display. How much fudge was originally on display?
Start
Change
End ?
- 5 pounds
8 pounds

11. Put together/Take Apart Total Unknown
The candy store has two kinds of fudge. Currently, 8 pounds of chocolate fudge and 5 pounds of peanut butter fudge were on display. How much fudge is currently displayed?
Part
Whole
8 pounds
+ 5 pounds ?

12. Put together/Take apart Addend Unknown
A candy store currently is displaying 13 pounds of fudge. Eight pounds of the displayed candy is chocolate fudge, the rest is peanut butter fudge. How much of the displayed candy is peanut butter fudge?
Part
Whole 8
pounds
+ ?
13 pounds

13. Put together/Take Apart Both addends unknown
The candy store sold 13 pounds of fudge. Some of the fudge sold was chocolate and some peanut butter. How much of each kind of fudge was sold?
Part
Whole ?
+ ?
13 pounds

14. Absolute Comparison Difference Unknown
A candy store sells chocolate and peanut butter fudge. If they sell 13 pounds of chocolate fudge and 8 pounds of peanut butter fudge, how much more chocolate fudge was sold?
Large Set
Small Set
Difference 13
lbs
Choc
8 lbs ?

15. Absolute Comparison Difference Unknown
A candy store sells chocolate and peanut butter fudge. If they sell 13 pounds of chocolate fudge and 8 pounds of peanut butter fudge, how much less peanut butter fudge was sold?
Large Set
Small Set
Difference 13
lbs
Choc
8 lbs ?

16. Absolute Comparison Bigger Unknown
The candy store sold 5 pounds more chocolate fudge than peanut butter fudge. They sold 8 pounds of peanut butter fudge. How much chocolate fudge was sold?
Large Set
Small Set
Difference ? 8
lbs choc 5
lbs
choc

17. Absolute Comparison Small Set Unknown
The candy store sold 5 pounds less peanut butter fudge than chocolate fudge. They sold 13 pounds of chocolate fudge. How much peanut butter fudge was sold?
Large Set
Small Set
Difference
13 lbs choc -?
5 lbs
choc