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Unit 2, Section B
Put Together/Take Apart Story Problems
Grade 1
Practice
Problem 1
A vase has red and pink flowers.
3 flowers are red, and 6 are pink.
How many flowers are in the vase?
Show your thinking using drawings, numbers, or words.
Problem 2
Han plays Shake and Spill.
He uses 8 counters.
Show Han's counters 4 different ways.
| red counters |
yellow counters |
expression |
|---|---|---|
Problem 3
The table shows the number of counters for Shake and Spill.
Fill in the unknown numbers.
| total | red | yellow |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | |
| 10 | 7 | |
| 8 | 1 | |
| 8 | 3 | |
| 9 | 6 |
Problem 4
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9 beads are on a bracelet.
2 of them are pink, and the rest are green.
How many green beads are on the bracelet?Show your thinking using drawings, numbers, or words.
- 9 beads are on a bracelet.
Some are pink, and the rest are green.
How many of each color bead could there be?Show your thinking using drawings, numbers, or words.
Problem 5
Exploration
Han spills some counters on his desk.
He records the number of red and yellow counters.
The table shows some of Han’s results.
- Fill in the unknown numbers.
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Are there some empty spots you could fill in more than one way?
Show your thinking using drawings, numbers, or words.
| red | yellow | total |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 10 | |
| 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | 4 | |
| 8 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 10 |
Problem 6
Exploration
Roll 2 number cubes. Find the total.
Show your partner one of the number cubes. Tell the total.
Your partner figures out the number on the hidden cube.
Problem 7
Exploration
- Write a story with a question that could go with the picture.
- Write an equation that matches your story.