Step 4

1. Read and write addition and subtraction equations from stories

2. Use symbols such as =, <, > in story problems

1. There are 2 receptionists and 6 computer programmers. How many staff are working there? Write the equation.
2. In the fridge, there are 4 apples, 6 strawberries and 7 pears. How many pieces of fruit are there? Write the equation.
3. There are 8L of pumpkin soup and 7L of vegetable soup. How many litres of soup are there? Write the equation.
4. At the cafe, there are 3 banana chocolate chip muffins, 4 blueberry muffins and 5 raspberry white chocolate muffins. How many muffins are there altogether? Write the equation.
5. In the classroom there are 5 bean bags, 8 large desks and 7 smaller desks. How many desks are there in total? Write the equation.
6. Sarah had 6 bags of flour but used up 4 bags on Sunday. How many bags of flour did she have left? Write the equation.
7. Mary ordered 12 boxes of tissues for Monday. 8 arrived on Monday. How many were late? Write the equation.
8. Jack was fundraising for school. He had 18 chocolate bars to sell. On Monday he sold 3 and on Tuesday he sold 5. How many has he got left to sell? Write the equation.