IXL | Write number sentences for word problems - up to 20

Read the story.

Fred and Todd played a game. Fred scored 7 more points than Todd did. Fred scored 13 points. How many points did Todd score?

Write a number sentence to match the story. Use the ? for the unknown number.

How many points did Todd score?

points

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Read the story.

Emma had some baseball cards. Then, she got 8 more from her grandpa. Now she has 17 baseball cards. How many baseball cards did Emma start with?

Write a number sentence to match the story. Use the ? for the unknown number.

How many baseball cards did Emma start with?

baseball cards

solution

Emma had some baseball cards. Then, she got 8 more from her grandpa. Now she has 17 baseball cards. You need to find how many baseball cards Emma started with. It can be helpful to draw a model.

baseball cards now

baseball cards to start

baseball cards from grandpa

You can write an addition sentence and find the missing number.

Or you can use the related subtraction sentence.

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Emma started with 9 baseball

cards.

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