Problem Type

Join

Result Unknown

Connie had 5 marbles.  Juan gave her 8 more marbles.  How many does Connie have altogether?

Change Unknown

Connie has 5 marbles.  How many more marbles does she need to have 13 marbles altogether?

Start Unknown

Connie had some marbles.  Juan gave her 5 more marbles.  Now she has 13 marbles.  How many marbles did Connie have to start with?

Separate

Result Unknown

Connie had 13 marbles.  She gave 5 to Juan.  How many marbles does Connie have left?

Change Unknown

Connie had 13 marbles.  She gave some to Juan.  Now she has 5 marbles left.  How many marbles did Connie give to Juan?

Start Unknown

Connie had some marbles.  She gave 5 to Juan.  Now she has 8 marbles left.  How many marbles did Connie have to start with?

Part-Part-Whole

Whole unknown

Connie has 5 red marbles and 8 blue marbles.  How many marbles does she have?

Part unknown

Connie has 13 marbles. 5 are red and the rest are blue.  How many blue marbles does Connie have?

Compare

Difference  unknown

Connie has 13 marbles.  Juan has 5 marbles.  How many more marbles does Connie have than Juan?

Compare quantity unknown Juan has 5 marbles.   Connie has I more than Juan.  How many marbles does Connie have?

Referent unknown Connie has 13 marbles.  She has 5 more marbles than Juan.  How many marbles does Juan have?

Multiplication

Megan has 5 bags of cookies.  There are 3 cookies in each bag.  How many cookies does Megan have altogether?

Measurement Division

Megan has 15 cookies.  She puts 3 cookies in each bag.  How many bags can she fill?

Partitive Division

Megan has 15 cookies.  She put the cookies into 5 bags with the same number of cookies in each bag.  How many cookies are in each bag?