1. Touch 2 boys and 1 boy. How many boys did you touch? 2. Take 1 pin and 1 pin. How many pins did you take? 3. Draw 1 kite and 2 kites. How many kites did you draw? 4. How many are 1 and 2? 1 and 1? 2 and 1? The sign is read and or plus. The sign = is read equal or equals. 2+1=3 is read 2 plus 1 equals 3. 5. Read: 1+1=2 2+1=3 1+2=3 6. Helen has 2 girl dolls and 1 boy doll. How many doll children has she? 7. There was 1 bird in a nest and 2 birds were sitting on a branch. How many birds were there? 8. Make problems about 1 horse and 2 horses. 1. Take one ball from three balls. How many balls are left? Three balls less one ball are two balls. 2. Take two tops from three tops. How many tops are left? 3 tops less 2 tops are 1 top. 3. One hat taken from two hats leaves how many hats? The sign is read minus or less. 3-2=1 is read 3 minus 2 equals 1. 4. Read: 3-1=2 2-1=1 3-2=1 5. John had 3 balls and lost 1 of them. balls had he left? 6. How many are 3 cents less 2 cents? How 7. 2 books less 1 book are how many books? 1. Take 4 flags. Give 1 to your teacher. How many flags have you left? 2. Frank had 4 flags. He gave 2 flags to John. How many flags had he left? 3. There were 2 girls playing a game; 2 more girls came to play with them. How many girls were then playing? 4. From a bag containing 4 eggs, 3 eggs were taken. How many eggs were left? 5. Lucy is 3 years old. Kate is 1 year older. How old is Kate? 6. Hector had 4 pigeons. He gave 1 to his cousin. How many pigeons had he then? 7. Make problems about 2 cents and 2 cents. 8. Make problems about 3 marbles and 1 marble. 9. Fill the blank spaces: 3+1=? 4-?=3 ?+2=4 4-2 ? 1. James spent 2 cents for a cake and 3 cents for an orange. How many cents did he spend ? 2. Mary picked 5 flowers. She gave 3 to her cousin. How many flowers had she left? 3. How much have I left from a nickel when I have bought a 2-cent stamp? 4. The postman left one letter for Arthur and 4 letters for his mother. How many letters did he leave? 5. Make problems about 2 sleds and 3 sleds. 6. Make problems about 1 boy and 4 boys. 7. Copy and read the following: 8. 3 and how many are 5? 3+?=5 9. 5 is how many more than 2? 5-?=2 |