What do you know about story problems?

1. Diego gathers 42 orange seeds. Jada gathers 16 apple seeds. How many more seeds does Diego gather than Jada? Show your thinking using drawings, numbers, or words.

   

Solve each story problem. Show your thinking using drawings, numbers, or words.

1. Lin has 31 sunflower seeds. She gives 15 to Priya. How many seeds does Lin have now?
2. Noah makes a design with yellow and blue corn seeds. He uses 37 seeds in all. He uses 28 yellow seeds. How many blue seeds does he use?
3. Elena gathers 50 pumpkin seeds. Andre collects 23 fewer pumpkin seeds than her. How many seeds does Andre collect?