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Math Word Problem Types

This document outlines different types of math word problems categorized into joining, separating, part-part-whole, comparing, multiplying/dividing problems. Each category includes 3 example problems showing the different structures of start unknown, change unknown, or result unknown. Word problems are provided as examples for each problem type structure.

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Math Word Problem Types

This document outlines different types of math word problems categorized into joining, separating, part-part-whole, comparing, multiplying/dividing problems. Each category includes 3 example problems showing the different structures of start unknown, change unknown, or result unknown. Word problems are provided as examples for each problem type structure.

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MATH

STORY PROBLEM TYPES


Joining Problems
Join (Result Unknown)
6 + 3 = __

Join (Change Unknown)


4 + __ = 7

Join (Start Unknown)


__ + 4 = 6

Mr. Smith had 6 cookies. Suzy gave him


3 more cookies. How many cookies
does Mr. Smith have now?

Mr. Smith had 4 cookies. Suzy gave him


some more. Then, Mr. Smith had 7
cookies. How many cookies did Suzy
give Mr. Smith?

Mr. Smith had some cookies. Suzy gave


him 4 more cookies. Then, he had 6
cookies. How many cookies did Mr.
Smith start with?

Separating Problems
Separate (Result Unknown)
7 - 4 = __

Separate (Change Unknown)


5 - __ = 1

Separate (Start Unknown)


__ - 4 = 4

Mr. Smith had 7 cookies. He gave 4 of


them to Suzy. How many cookies did
Mr. Smith have left?

Mr. Smith had 5 cookies. He gave some


to Suzy. Then, he had 1 cookie left.
How many cookies did Mr. Smith give to
Suzy?

Mr. Smith had some cookies. He gave 4


to Suzy. Then, he had 4 cookies left.
How many cookies did Mr. Smith have to
start with?

Part - Part - Whole Problems


Part - Part - Whole (Whole Unknown)
6 + 3 = __

Part - Part - Whole (Part Unknown)


7 - 4 = __ or 4 + __ = 7

Mr. Smith had 6 white cookies and 3 pink cookies. How many
cookies did Mr. Smith have altogether?

Mr. Smith had 7 cookies. 4 were pink and the rest were white.
How many white cookies did Mr. Smith have?

Comparing Problems
Compare
(Difference Unknown)
5 - 3 = __ or 3 + __ = 5

Compare
(Quantity Unknown)
3 + 2 = __

Compare
(Referent Unknown)
8 - 5 = __

Mr. Smith had 5 cookies. Suzy had 3


cookies. How many more cookies did
Mr. Smith have than Suzy?

Mr. Smith had 3 cookies. Suzy had 2


more cookies than Mr. Smith. How
many cookies did Suzy have?

Mr. Smith had 8 cookies. He had 5


more than Suzy. How many cookies did
Suzy have?

Multiplying and Dividing Problems


Multiplication
3 x 3 = __

Measurement Division
9 3 = __

Partitive Division
12 3 = __

Mr. Smith had 3 piles of cookies. There


were 3 cookies in each pile. How many
cookies did Mr. Smith have?

Mr. Smith had 9 cookies. He put 3


cookies in each box. How many boxes
did he need?

Mr. Smith had 12 cookies. He wanted to


give them to 3 friends. How many
cookies did each friend get?

*WORD PROBLEM CHART BASED ON COGNITIVELY GUIDED INSTRUCTION PROBLEM TYPES

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