Skill 7C
Write a Number Sentence: Addition or Subtraction

Here we are giving more practice with the student having to decide whether to make an addition number sentence or subtraction number sentence, depending on the words used in the word problem.

There are two word problems I want you to solve on this page.
Listen carefully while I read the first one.

Ellen has 8 apples.
She got 2 more.
How many apples does she have in all?

Make a number sentence to solve the problem.

         
 
 

There are 10 flowers in a vase.
Someone takes 4 of them.
How many are left?

Make a number sentence to solve this problem.