Math

t i c e
Prac Puz
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Addition and Subtraction

by
Bob Olenych

Math Practice Puzzles: Addition and Subtraction © Bob Olenych, Scholastic Teaching Resources
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Cover illustrations by Mike Moran and Steve Cox
Interior design by Melinda Belter
Interior illustrations by Steve Cox

ISBN 0-439-30942-5

Copyright © 2002 by Bob Olenych. All rights reserved.

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 Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 4 Mixed Practice
Elephant Trivia 26
Addition Addition—Subtraction Bingo 27
What a Mix-Up (facts and sums) 6 Follow the Arrows 28
Equal Values #1 (1 digit / 4 addends) 7 Links 29
36 Errors (fact review) 8 Code Time 30
Skeletons (addition review) 9 Cross Them Out 31
What Did the Microwave Super Code 32
Say to the Chef? (addition review) 10 (addition and subtraction terms)
Equal Values #2 (2 digit / 4 addends) 11 Multi-Step Tic-Tac-Toe 33
Break the Code #1 (3 digit / 4 addends) 12 Last Number—First Number 34
“SUM” Number Search (4 digit / 4 addends) 13 Musical Mystery 35
How Is Baseball Like a Good Cake? Coded Message 36
(5 digit / 2 addends) 14 Shapely Math 37
Word Problems #1 15 Word Problems #3 38

Subtraction Student Reference Pages

38 Errors (subtraction facts) 16
Casting Out 9s: Addition 39
Billy and Nanny (subtraction review) 17 Casting Out 9s: Subtraction 40
Break the Code #2 (regrouping in the 1’s) 18
Crack the Code (regrouping in the 10’s) 19 Challenges
Promises 20 Casting Out 9s: Addition Practice 41
(regrouping in the 1’s and 10’s)
Casting Out 9s: Subtraction Practice 42
Super Cross-Number Puzzle 21
How Accurate Are You? 43
(problems written with numbers
Monthly Allowance 44
expressed in words)
Palindromes 45
What’s the Difference? 22
(regrouping in the 10’s and 100’s)
Cross-Number Puzzle 23 ANSWER KEY 46
(regrouping in the 1’s, 10’s, and 100’s)
Coded Riddle (3-step equations) 24
Word Problems #2 25

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MATH PRACTICE PUZZLES • ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

Introduction
Addition and Subtraction Practice Can Be Super Fun!

By the time they reach second grade, students encounter problems involving addition and
subtraction—two of the most fundamental concepts taught in mathematics—on a daily basis.
A big job for teachers of grades 2–4 includes reinforcing the basics and building on this foundation.
To support my students as they gain fluency and accuracy, I create skill-building practice puzzles
and activities that they really enjoy—many of which you’ll find in this book!

Puzzles really motivate my students to sharpen their addition and subtraction skills and help them
develop the strategies and confidence they need to tackle the bigger mathematics challenges they’ll
encounter later in the year, including equations with multiple operations, equations with variables,
and complex word problems.

What You’ll Find in This Book

This book offers a collection of 40 addition and subtraction activities for a broad range of skills
and abilities. The book begins with activities involving addition, progresses to subtraction, offers
a selection of activities with mixed practice, and finally moves into some super-fun challenges.
The puzzles are arranged according to skill, beginning with basic facts and concluding with word
problems. You can match the needs of your students and target a specific skill by checking the skill
description listed both in the Table of Contents and under the objective on each activity page.

I want to highlight the Challenges puzzles that my students really enjoy, such as “Monthly Allowance”
(page 44), which features the concept of doubling. Here’s how I introduce this puzzle: In a discussion
on allowances, I ask how many students get an allowance, how much they get (or would like to get)
on a monthly basis, and how many would like to get an increase. Then I propose an allowance where
they get only one cent on the first day of the month, double that amount on the second day, double
the amount of the second day on the third day, and so on for the entire month. I then ask students
to vote for either an “exaggerated” allowance of $100 a month or on the allowance that starts with
one cent and doubles every day. I distribute the activity page to the class, and their enthusiasm grows
as they begin to calculate their possible allowance. Once they have completed and corrected the
activity, we discuss some strategies that the students can use when they go home and bring up the
topic of allowances. My class does some role-playing where they assess their classmates’ ability and
offer suggestions as to how they could be more persuasive in their request to have their allowance
changed!

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Student Reference Page Student Reference Page

Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

pages in the Challenges Casting Out 9s: Addition Casting Out 9s: Subtraction
section offer a fun and Check Your Addition! Check Your Subtraction!
Try this fun way to check your subtraction problems. Read through the steps and refer to the example below.

different way to help Try this fun way to check your addition problems! Read through the steps and refer to the example below.

1. Add the numbers and 2. Take each addend (849; 368; 967; 384; 937) 3. CAST OUT, or
1. Go through the subtraction
process and arrive at an
2. Take the minuend (9,378) and subtrahend (6,947)
and separate the digits with addition signs.
arrive at an answer. and separate the digits with addition signs. eliminate, any 9s. answer.

students check addition 849 ➜ 8 + 4 + 9 = 12 ➜ 1 + 2 = 3

9, 3 78 ➜ 9 + 3 + 7 + 8 = 18 ➜ 1 + 8 = 9
368 ➜ 3 + 6 + 8 = 17 ➜ 1 + 7 = 8
– 6,947 ➜ 6 + 9 + 4 + 7 = 17 ➜ 1 + 7 = _– 8

}
}
and subtraction prob- 967 ➜ 9 + 6 + 7 = 13 ➜ 1 + 3 = 4
2,431 1

➜
384 ➜ 3 + 8 + 4 = 15 ➜ 1 + 5 = 6 3. CAST OUT, or
4. Add the digits
+ 937 ➜ 9 + 3 + 7 = 10 ➜ 1 + 0 = +1 eliminate, any 9s. 5. If your answer 6. Finally

lems. “Casting out 9s: together.

}
4
3,505
}
4. Add the digits together
22 ➜ 2+2=
2+4+3+1=10 ➜ 1+0= 1
is a two-digit
answer, separate
subtract the
single-digit
➜

for each addend. the digits again, answers.

5. If your answer is a two-digit answer, cast out any 9s,

Addition” and “Casting 3+5+0+5=13➜1+3= 4 separate the digits again, cast out any
9s, and add the digits so that you end
up with a single-digit answer.
7. Take your answer (2,431), separate the digits with addi-
tion signs, and go through steps 3, 4, and 5.
and add the digits
so that you end
up with a single-
digit number.

out 9s: Subtraction” are 7. Take your answer (3505), separate the
digits with addition signs, and go through
6. Finally, add all the single digit
answers together. Remember to end
up with a single-digit answer.
8. If the single-digit answer you get in #7 is the same as the
single-digit answer in step #6, your answer is correct.

steps 3, 4, and 5.

quick-and-easy student 8. If the single-digit answer you get in #7 is the same as the
single-digit answer in step #6, your answer is correct.
Let’s try this problem.

97,682 ➜ 9 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 2 = 23➜ 2 + 3 = 0 5

pages that teach useful Let’s try this problem

– 39,980 ➜ 3 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 0 = 11➜ 1 + 1 = – 2
3
5,468 ➜ 5 + 4 + 6 + 8 = 23➜ 2 + 3 = 05
57,702 ➜ 5 + 7 + 7 + 0 + 2 = 21➜ 2+1= 3
tips for checking addition 2,993
+ 7,842
➜ 2 + 9 + 9 + 3 = 5➜ = 05
➜ 7 + 8 + 4 + 2 = 21➜ 2 + 1 = +3
13 ➜1 + 3 = 4
or subtraction problems. 16,303 ➜ 1 + 6 + 3 + 0 + 3 = 13➜ 1+3= 4
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How to Use This Book

Be sure to use these puzzles in a way that best suits the needs of your class. You may find it helpful
to assign certain puzzles as practice work to follow a lesson, as review work, or as homework.
You may also want to have students work on different puzzles depending on the skills area in which
each student needs practice. The beauty of these activities is that almost all of them are self-
correcting. Whether they are solving a riddle, breaking a code, or filling in a number puzzle, students
are encouraged to check each problem so that they can finish the puzzle successfully.

Connections to the Math Standards

Most of the puzzles in this book target NCTM 2000 objectives listed under the Number and
Operations standard. These objectives include understanding ways to represent numbers,
determining meanings of operations and how they relate to one another, and computing with fluency
and accuracy. This book is packed with exercises that require students to use the operations of
multiplication and division in a variety of formats, including word problems and multiple-step
equations.

I’m confident that your students, like mine, will enjoy this collection of puzzles and reap the
benefits of practicing these essential skills!
—Bob Olenych

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Addition (facts and sums)

Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

What a Mix-Up
Here are four mixed-up addition charts. Find the missing facts and sums
to complete these charts correctly. Some of these charts have more than
one solution.

+ 4 8 3 6 + 7 4 9

5 9 13 8 11 5

7 10 3 7

2 9 18

9 1 3

+ 2 6 5 9 + 6 8

10 16

13 11

4 9 7 15

12 3 9

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Name ____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Equal Values #1
What was the boy’s excuse when he was late for school?
Solve all the problems in both sets of boxes. Each answer in the top boxes matches
an answer in the bottom boxes. Discover the answer to the question above by writ-
ing each word from the top set of boxes in the box below with
the matching answer.

HOCKEY AND INTO WAS

9 + 5 + 6 + 8 =xxxxxx 1 + 7 + 8 + 7 =xxxxxx 7 + 4 + 6 + 3 =xxxxxx 9 + 3 + 9 + 9 =xxxxxx

GAME I THE FRIENDS

2 + 9 + 7 + 4 =xxxxxx 8 + 8 + 2 + 6 =xxxxxx 5 + 9 + 8 + 5 =xxxxxx 3 + 6 + 9 + 8 =xxxxxx

WENT OVERTIME PLAYING DREAMED

4 + 8 + 6 + 3 =xxxxxx 9 + 6 + 2 + 8 =xxxxxx 2 + 9 + 4 + 4 =xxxxxx 9 + 9 + 7 + 8 =xxxxxx

WITH I ALL MY

8 + 9 + 6 + 9 =xxxxxx 7 + 8 + 7 + 7 =xxxxxx 5 + 3 + 9 + 1 =x 18xx 9 + 9 + 9 + 4 =xxxxx

“ xx xxx
9 + 7 + 8 + 5 =xxxxxx 9 + 7 + 8 + 9 =xxxxxx 1 + 9 + 7 + 7 =xxxxxx 6 + 9 + 8 + 7 =xxxxxx

xxxxx
A L L XX
5 + 3 + 3 + 8 =xxxxxx 7 + 4 + 8 + 9 =xxxxxx 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 =xxxxxx 7 + 1 + 2 + 8 = 18

8 + 7 + 8 + 8 =xxxxxx 5 + 7 + 7 + 7 =xxxxxx 9 + 9 + 3 + 2 =xxxxxx 8 + 4 + 9 + 6 =xxxxxx

.”
4 + 5 + 4 + 9 =xxxxxx 6 + 5 + 3 + 7 =xxxxxx 2 + 6 + 6 + 6 =xxxxxx 6 + 8 + 8 + 3 =xxxxxx

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

36 Errors
The addition grid below contains 36 errors. Check all the answers.
When you find a mistake, correct it and shade in that box. When you’ve
finished shading in the boxes with errors, the shaded grid will spell
out the answer to the following question:

What would you yell if you were lost in the mountains and came
face to face with the Abominable Snowman?

+ 3 7 5 1 9 4 0 8 6 2

12 16 14 9 16 13 9 15 16 12
9
10
38 42 40 35 44 39 35 42 41 38
35

18 23 20 16 24 21 16 23 21 19
16

57 60 57 53 62 58 53 62 59 55
53

28 30 31 24 34 29 24 30 30 26
24

48 51 50 45 53 49 44 52 50 46
44

21 26 25 20 28 24 18 26 25 21
19

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Skeletons
Solve the problems and locate your answers in one of the code boxes.
In the correct box, write the word that matches your answer. Once you have
filled in all the boxes, you will discover a question and an answer.

(24 + 6) + (6 + 9) = 45 = LAUGH (9 + 4) + (4 + 12) = = SKELETONS

(14 + 2) + (5 + 20) = = DO (45 + 6) + (16 + 2) = = YOU

(81 + 8) + (6 + 16) = = TICKLE (35 + 7) + (18 + 5) = = ALL

(4 + 8) + (5 + 10) = = GET (28 + 3) + (5 + 30) = = THEIR

(30 + 5) + (7 + 63) = = SOME (5 + 8) + (6 + 7) = = CAN

(48 + 8) + (3 + 9) = = TO (56 + 5) + (20 + 3) = = BONES

(20 + 4) + (25 + 5) = = FUNNY (27 + 5) + (9 + 7) = = IS

(9 + 45) + (7 + 6) = = HOW (29 + 3) + (8 + 7) = = TO

(49 + 7) + (3 +21) = = NEED (5 + 22) + (6 + 26) = = YOU

QUESTION
67 26 59 27

LAUGH ?
105 29 68 45

ANSWER
65 69 80 47 41

48 111 66 54 84
.
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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

What Did the Microwave Say to the Chef?

Solve each of the problems and locate your answers in one of the
code boxes. In the correct box, write the letter that matches your
answer. If the answer appears in more than one box, fill in each
one with the same letter.

(5 + 8) + 5 = E E = 18 ( L + 9) + 14 = 28 L=

(7 + 4) + 9 = G G= (7 + 7) + 8 = O O=

(2 + 9) + 3 = M M= (10 + N ) + 4 = 17 N=

( U + 10) + 7 = 25 U= (8 + 7) + 9 = Y Y=

(6 + 6) + 9 = T T= ( V + 9) + 9 = 27 V=

(12 + W ) + 8 = 27 W= (7 + 10) + 6 = X X=

(10 + 9) + 10 = S S= (8 + D ) + 10 = 24 D=

( C + 9) + 9 = 22 C= (5 + 6) + 8 = I I=

E E
20 19 9 18 14 18 29 19 23 21 24

E
29 18 4 22 3 6 29 , 7 19 5 5 24 22 8 ?

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Equal Values #2
Why were the two boys sitting
in the tree?

Solve all the problems in both set of boxes. Each answer in the top boxes matches an
answer in the bottom boxes. Discover the answer to the question above by writing each
word from the top set of boxes in the box below with the matching answer.

LAWN ON KEEP THE

25 + 12 + 30 + 15 = 66 + 31 + 34 + 80 =xxx 48 + 32 + 11 + 17 = 34 + 56 + 79 + 61 =
82
PLEASE THE OFF SIGN
40 + 50 + 62 + 73 = x 24 + 23 + 22 + 21 =x 61 + 83 + 99 + 34 = 29 + 42 + 86 + 47 =

SAID GRASS THE FRONT

28 + 82 + 31 + 74 =x 80 + 90 + 30 + 60 =x 28 + 20 + 21 + 25 = 51 + 72 + 20 + 83 =

25 + 18 + 23 + 24 = 52 + 80 + 60 + 12 = 50 + 34 + 64 + 63 = 30 + 22 + 21 + 21 =

LAWN
36 + 95 + 32 + 63 =x 34 + 12 + 18 + 18 = 45 + 36 + 72 + 62 = 42 + 56 + 84 + 43 =
82

.
32 + 40 + 16 + 20 = 68 + 56 + 54 + 99 = 45 + 63 + 84 + 38 = 75 + 68 + 87 + 30 =

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Break the Code #1

What do sea turtles eat with peanut butter?

Solve the addition problems below. Write the answers in the across and down spaces
in the cross-number puzzle. The numbers you write in the shaded boxes show where the letters
should go in the code at the bottom to answer the joke.

ACROSS 1. 4. 6. 8. 9.
242 375 566 592 418
846 968 734 763 961
979 300 217 304 242
+ 451
_______ + 68 4
_______ + 842
_______ + 823
_______ + 968
_______
2,518

DOWN 2. 3. 5. 6. 7.
342 793 796 426 216
734 677 904 697 798
221 842 580 351 234
+ 495
_______ + 97 0
_______ + 325
_______ + 837
_______ + 250
_______

1
2 5Y 2
1 8S 3

4 5
I
6 7
L F
8
E L
9
J H

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Y S

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

“SUM” Number Search

Add each problem carefully. Locate and circle the answer—the sum—in the
number search below. (Answers are written horizontally and vertically.)

1. 3,482 2. 7,69 5 3. 4,823 4. 3,240

5,735 3,40 8 5,070 7,089
6,407 4,32 5 6,942 8,352
+ 8,039
__________ + 8,434
__________ + 3,709
__________ + 5,636
__________
23,663

5. 4,007 6. 9,13 5 7. 6,374 8. 4,837

6,483 7,912 7,219 2,194
3,309 4,680 2,994 7,359
+ 2,772
__________ + 3,57 9
__________ + 5,608
__________ + 2,648
__________

9. 7,812 10. 3,47 9 11. 5,986 12. 5,271

6,407 2,00 3 3,664 1,346
3,684 7,82 7 5,297 8,050
+ 2,392
__________ + 6,48 1
__________ + 2,841
__________ + 7,146
__________

1 9 7 9 0 2 3 8 6 2
7 4 1 2 7 2 8 2 1 2
0 9 2 0 4 1 6 5 7 1
3 6 0 5 3 8 0 3 7 9
8 6 2 4 3 1 7 0 8 5
4 0 9 4 2 3 7 6 8 3
1 9 5 4 2 3 6 6 3 9

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

How Is Baseball Like a Good Cake?

To figure out this riddle, solve the following problems and find your answers in the
code boxes below. Write the letter from each problem in the code box with the
matching answer. If the answer appears in more than one code box, fill in each one
with the same letter.

O A P R D

49,756 83,484 39,764 79,240 60,303

+ 63,407
__________ + 75,643
__________ + 87,785
__________ + 63,009
__________ + 73,848
__________
113,163
G Y B E H

63,582 90,394 79,423 63,724 63,574

+ 84,291
__________ + 62,436
__________ + 63,848
__________ + 66,239
__________ + 21,348
__________

I S N T V

58,075 63,744 68,878 81,818 96,428

+ 50,871
__________ + 24,220
__________ + 53,451
__________ + 39,207
__________ + 37,527
__________

129,963 133,955 129,963 142,249 152,830 121,025 84,922 108,946 122,329 147,873

O
134,151 129,963 127,549 129,963 122,329 134,151 87,964 113,163 122,329

.
121,025 84,922 129,963 143,271 159,127 121,025 121,025 129,963 142,249

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Word Problems #1
Hint
Solve each of the problems below. Write your el your
answers on the lines next to the questions. Then Be sure to lab
the correct
locate your answer in the number search. answers with
re!
(Answers are written horizontally and vertically.) units of measu

1. Over the course of five days, a very busy veterinarian in the state of Texas
traveled the following distances in his Lear jet to visit some very large Monday: 384 miles
ranches: Tuesday: 297 miles
Wednesday: 319 miles
How far did he travel on Monday and Tuesday? __________
Thursday: 374 miles
How far did he travel on Thursday and Friday? __________ Friday: 273 miles
How far did he travel in total from Monday to Friday? __________

2. A group of students did some research on the Internet to find out about July: 15,806 pounds
salmon fishing on the west coast of the United States. They discovered August: 21,734 pounds
that one company caught the following amounts over a six-month period: September: 17,837 pounds
October: 11,275 pounds
How much fish was caught in the two best months? __________
November: 14,555 pounds
What was the poorest yield for a two-month period? __________ December: 14,930 pounds

3. Baseball fans were arriving at Yankee Stadium approximately one and

a half hours before game time. Between 12:00 and 12:15 P.M., 2,084 fans made their way through the
gates. In the next 15 minutes, 3,782 fans streamed in. Then in the following 15 minutes, 8,939 fans
flooded in for the game. Between 12:45 and 1:00 P.M., 10,726 fans entered the stadium.
How many fans entered Yankee Stadium in the first 45 minutes?__________
How many fans entered between 12:15 and 12:45 P.M.?__________

4. During a three-month period, a fifth-grade class participated in a reading marathon. Beginning

in January, students read a class total of 18,000 pages. In February each student increased his or her
personal daily reading by five pages per day for a month total of 21,000 pages. March saw another
increase of five pages per day for a grand sum of 27,900 pages.
What’s the page sum of the highest and the lowest month combined? __________
How many pages total did the students read in the three months? __________

6 6 9 0 0 4 1 7 8
8 5 1 1 6 4 7 0 5
1 2 7 2 1 8 3 7 0
6 4 7 2 4 5 9 0 0
3 5 7 9 8 6 5 0 7
2 5 8 3 0 6 7 9 9
1 3 8 7 5 8 1 5 3
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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

38 Errors
This subtraction grid contains 38 errors. Check all the answers by subtract-
ing the numbers in bold in the column at the far left from those in the top
row. When you find a mistake, correct it and shade in that box. When you
have finished shading in the boxes with errors, the shaded grid will spell
out the answer to the following riddle:

What gets bigger and bigger the more you take away from it?

– 19 23 15 24 13 21 16 25 14 22

12 16 8 18 8 15 9 18 8 16
7
17
16 20 12 22 10 19 13 22 12 19
3

15 18 9 18 8 17 12 20 11 18
5

11 14 5 16 4 13 8 16 6 13
9

12 16 11 17 9 16 11 19 9 17
6

10 15 6 16 5 13 9 17 6 14
8

14 19 12 20 9 17 13 22 11 18
4

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Billy and Nanny

Why is it difficult to have a conversation
with a billy and nanny goat around?

Solve all of the problems. Locate your answer in the code boxes below. Write the letter from each problem in
the code box with the matching answer. If the answer appears in more than one box, fill in each one with the
same letter.

M = (24 – 7) – (18 – 6) = 5 U = (22 – 11) – (17 – 10) =

R = (28 – 6) – (13 – 7) = Y = (27 – 8) – (19 – 14) =

O = (23 – 5) – (18 – 15) = A = (26 – 7) – (13 – 5) =

H = (27 – 12) – (14 – 9) = I = (24 – 13) – (16 – 12) =

W = (21 – 3) – (19 – 9) = S = (29 – 3) – (20 – 13) =

E = (26 – 3) – (14 – 3) = B = (23 – 4) – (13 – 7) =

N = (25 – 10) – (16 – 4) = G = (28 – 10) – (11 – 2) =

L = (29 – 2) – (22 – 12) = T = (25 – 11) – (12 – 4) =

M
6 10 12 13 15 6 10 12 16 19 15 5 12

9 15 11 6 19 11 17 8 11 14 19

13 4 6 6 7 3
.
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Subtraction (regrouping in the 1’s)

Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Break the Code #2

Solve the problems. Locate the correct answer in the code boxes below.
Write the word from each problem in the code box with the matching
answer. Find all the answers to decode the following riddle.

What’s the most honest response to this question?

How did you find the weather while you were on vacation?

1. SO 2. WAS 3. THERE
483 790 372
– 276
________ – 667
________ – 149
________
207
4. IT 5. SIMPLY 6. WAS
846 543 881
– 638
________ – 207
________ – 246
________

7. EASY 8. AND 9. OUTSIDE

544 675 738
– 335
________ – 538
________ – 419
________

10. WENT 11. IT 12. WE

452 973 430
– 334
________ – 545
________ – 224
________

SO
428 635 207 209 206 336 118 319

.
137 223 208 123

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Crack the Code

Find the answer to this riddle by solving all of the subtraction problems
provided. Locate the correct answer in the code boxes below. Write the
word from each problem in the code box with the matching answer.

What’s the difference between a nurse taking

your pulse and a marathon runner?

MARATHON NURSE THE WHILE

407 816 700 824
– 352
______ – 333
______ – 590
______ – 381
______
55
BEATS RECORDS RUNNER THE
748 427 839 555
– 175
______ – 265
______ – 493
______ – 172
______

RECORDS THE THE BEATS

369 978 718 627
– 184
______ – 293
______ – 493
______ – 371
______

225 483 185 383

MARATHON
573 443 685 55

.
346 256 110 162

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Promises
Find the punch line to this joke by solving the subtraction problems
provided. Then locate the correct answers in the code boxes below.
If the answer appears in more than one code box, fill in each one with the same letter.

Why are promises like eggs?

H K C B S

854 984 555 428 753

– 596
______ – 499
______ – 168
______ – 189
______ – 396
______
258

G A T E Y

631 943 843 888 372

– 344
______ – 654
______ – 275
______ – 299
______ – 193
______

O L R I N

870 657 570 546 722

– 199
______ – 298
______ – 196
______ – 368
______ – 366
______

H
287 589 356 589 374 289 359 359 179 239 671 568 258

387 289 356 239 589 239 374 671 485 589 356

357 671 589 289 357 178 359 179 .

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Super Cross-Number Puzzle

Express each problem in its numerical form. Then solve the problems and
write your answers in the appropriate across or down positions.

ACROSS
1. Subtract eight hundred forty-one from nine hundred seventy-six.
3. Subtract seven hundred seventy-nine from two thousand four hundred eight.
5. Subtract two hundred forty-three from one thousand two hundred forty-two.
6. Subtract seven hundred seven from one thousand eight hundred eleven.
9. Subtract one hundred seventeen from two thousand six hundred thirty-four.
10. Subtract one hundred twenty-three from four hundred fifty-six.
11. Subtract six hundred sixty-nine from nine hundred thirty-six.

DOWN
1. Subtract seven hundred eleven from two thousand two hundred two.
2. Subtract five hundred fifty-one from eight hundred forty-seven.
4. Subtract three hundred eight from one thousand two hundred forty-five.
7. Subtract six hundred thirty-four from two thousand four hundred sixty-eight.
8. Subtract four hundred seventy-eight from nine hundred seventy.
9. Subtract nine hundred seventy-three from one thousand two hundred sixty.

1
1 3 5
2 3 4

6 7 8 9

10 11

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

What’s the Difference?

Subtract each problem carefully. Locate and circle the answer—the difference—
in the number search below. (Answers are written horizontally and vertically.)

1. 5,774 2. 6,945 3. 9,447 4. 8,377

– 2,842
________ – 2,381
________ – 5,763
________ – 5,947
________
2,932

5. 7,058 6. 8,437 7. 6,428 8. 9,503

– 4,272
________ – 3,880
________ – 5,276
________ – 7,542
________

9. 5,800 10. 7,448 11. 8,336 12. 6,928

– 4,290
________ – 3,516
________ – 4,444
________ – 1,366
________

4 1 1 5 2 5 9 3 4 3 7
6 2 8 3 9 3 2 7 8 6 6
3 4 9 1 3 4 0 5 5 8 4
0 3 8 9 2 9 6 4 5 4 7
2 0 9 6 4 8 4 5 6 4 6
4 9 6 1 5 1 0 5 2 5 2
9 4 4 9 2 5 3 7 6 3 6

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Cross-Number Puzzle
Solve the ten subtraction problems below. Write the answers in the across and down
spaces of the puzzle. The number you record in the shaded box shows where the letter
should go in the code at the bottom to answer this riddle.

If Fortune had a daughter, what would she be called?

ACROSS
1. 5,734 3. 8,842 4. 8,413 5. 9,571 8. 7,308
– 2,920
________ – 3,580
________ – 2,276
________ – 5,054
________ – 4,554
________
2,814
DOWN
1. 9,355 2. 7,289 3. 7,008 6. 8,527 7. 8,578
– 6,364
________ – 2,473
________ – 1,734
________ – 7,484
________ – 1,329
________

1 2 3
2 8 1 4 S

N
4

E F
5 6

T R M
7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Coded Riddle
What’s the difference between a pitchfork
and a toothpick?

To answer this riddle, solve the following subtraction problems and write
your answers on the lines. Find your answers in the code boxes at the bottom
of the page. Write the word from each problem in the code box with the
matching answer.

1 . ( 976 – 154) – (700 – 350) = 472

____________________ = YOU

2 . ( 848 – 253) – (844 – 632) = ____________________ = TEETH

3 . ( 781 – 240) – (639 – 233) = ____________________ = YOU

4 . ( 499 – 101) – (908 – 700) = ____________________ = DON’T

5 . ( 387 – 77) – (659 – 422) = ____________________ = BET TER

6 . ( 186 – 120) – (758 – 699) = ____________________ = HAD

7 . ( 606 – 135) – (597 – 463) = ____________________ = IF

8 . ( 924 – 372) – (800 – 640) = ____________________ = PICK

9 . ( 585 – 262) – (941 – 639) = ____________________ = REALLY

10. ( 737 – 406) – (555 – 304) = ____________________ = NOT

11. ( 294 – 133) – (787 – 682) = ____________________ = YOUR

12. ( 305 – 75) – (476 – 325) = ____________________ = KNOW

YOU
337 135 21 190 79 472

7 73 80 392 56 383
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 Subtraction

Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Word Problems #2
Decode this riddle by solving the problems below. Write your
answers on the lines provided next to the questions. Find your
answers in the code boxes at the bottom of the page. Write the word from
each problem in the code box with the matching answer.

What did the African Elephant say to the Indian Elephant?

1. In the month of June, Mrs. Brown spent the following amounts for groceries on a weekly basis:
$125.48, $119.04, $98.37, and $140.92. What’s the difference
between the most expensive week and the least expensive? _____________ = ALL

2. A mountain climbing group wants to climb one of the world’s highest mountain peaks.
They are considering Mt. Everest, which is situated on the border between Nepal
and China and stands 29,029 feet, and K2, which is located on the border between Pakistan
and China and stands 28,250 feet. If they choose to climb
Mt. Everest, how much higher would they climb? _____________ = DON’T

3. During the summer months, Peter’s rock band saved money toward a new drum set and amps,
pooling $3,942.67. After making a first payment of $1,638.44 in
early September, how much money did they have left? _____________ = AT
A week later the band spent an additional $419.05 on a new
microphone. How much did they have left now? _____________ = TALK

4. The Jones Toys company purchased a park and playground for the local neighborhood
at $8,345.98. Three years later, a developer who wants to build an outdoor theater
is offering $16,429.00. What profit will Jones Toys make
on the sale of this land? _____________ = ELEPHANTS

5. Mr. and Mrs. Watson revisited Hawaii for their tenth anniversary. The cost of airfare, hotel, meals,
and car rental amounted to $6,843. The same trip ten years ago
cost them $2,972. How much more did this trip cost them? _____________ = NOTHING

$3,871 $2,304.23 $42.55 $8,083.02 779 $1,885.18

.

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Elephant Trivia
Why do elephants have short tails?

Solve all of the problems. Write the letter from each problem in the code box
with the matching answer. If the answer appears more than once, give
it the same letter.

Y = (64 – 8) + (14 – 7) + (20 – 4) = 79 U = (63 – 7) + (10 – 10) + (8 – 4) =

L = (18 – 6) + (12 – 6) + (40 – 5) = O = (64 – 8) + (49 – 7) + (30 – 5) =

M = (21 – 7) + (72 – 8) + (49 – 7) = V = (30 – 5) + (21 – 7) + (12 – 6) =

N = (24 – 8) + (45 – 9) + (56 – 7) = T = (4 – 2) + (15 – 5) + (10 – 2) =

C = (12 – 3) + (54 – 6) + (8 – 8) = K = (54 – 6) + (63 – 9) + (42 – 7) =

R = (30 – 6) + (28 – 4) + (42 – 7) = W = (18 – 6) + (24 – 8) + (9 – 3) =

G = (32 – 4) + (80 – 10) + (8 – 2) = E = (48 – 6) + (32 – 4) + (35 – 5) =

D = (72 – 8) + (40 – 8) + (28 – 7) = S = (90 – 10) + (27 – 3) + (14 – 2) =

H = (42 – 9) + (81 – 9) + (18 – 2) = I = (16 – 8) + (15 – 5) + (27 – 9) =

Y ’
116 123 20 121 100 79 34 123 101 20 104 100 20

20 121 100 120 116 20 60 57 137 36 101

83 100 45 123 53 45 36 101 104 117 123 123 83 116

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 Mixed Practice

Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Addition–Subtraction Bingo
Solve the problems below. Locate and circle your answers in the Bingo grid. Any
five answers in a line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally is a BINGO.

1. 14 + 93 + 37 + 28 = 2. 84 + 12 – 37 = 3. 91 – 37 + 32 = 4. 85 + 91 + 27 + 64 =

172
5. 36 + 92 – 40 = 6. 26 + 49 + 73 + 55 = 7. 94 – 42 – 30 = 8. 42 + 65 + 56 + 30 =

9. 39 + 31 + 68 + 92 = 10. 68 – 31 + 24 = 11. 48 + 70 + 36 + 22 = 12. 24 + 46 – 21 =

B I N G O
230 35 176 191 203

28 267 200 86 78

43 193 172 30 198

167 61 74 312 59

49 51 142 88 22

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Follow the Arrows

Begin at the✩ . Solve the subtraction problem and write your answer in the box directly
below it. Follow the arrow to the next box and copy your answer from the first box. Solve the
next problem, follow the arrow, and copy your new answer in the next open box. Continue to
solve the problems, copying each answer into the next box indicated by the arrow. When you’ve
finished the puzzle correctly, your final answer should be the exact number needed to solve the final problem.
Go on to the second puzzle and follow the same steps you used to work your way through the first one!

✩ 5,962 3,456
– 3,784
_________

2,178 2,209 – 9,845

_________
+ 4,863
_________

9,302 3,450
2,976
–
8,412 – 19,427
_________
_________
+ 1,852
_________

✩ 63 9,711
75 – 3,787
_________
28 –
_________
19
+ 40
_________

7,431
6,006 6,173
2,150
– 19,648
_________
+ 2,477
_________ +
_________
10,288

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Links
Solve each problem by working from left to right. Write the letter from each
problem in the code box with the matching answer. If the answer appears in more
than one box, fill in each one with the same letter.

How can Mitch’s friends make him itch?

TAKE 4,847 ➜ ADD 3,246 ➜ SUBTRACT 1,906 = 6,187 = H

TAKE 9,347 ➜ SUBTRACT 2,468 ➜ ADD 5,004 = = E

TAKE 7,007 ➜ ADD 3,949 ➜ SUBTRACT 6,379 = = S

TAKE 4,844 ➜ SUBTRACT 2,105 ➜ SUBTRACT 194 = = K

TAKE 5,638 ➜ ADD 459 ➜ SUBTRACT 2,009 = = T

TAKE 8,375 ➜ ADD 425 ➜ ADD 793 = = Y

TAKE 2,350 ➜ SUBTRACT 1,276 ➜ ADD 3,242 = = M

TAKE 5,977 ➜ ADD 1,245 ➜ SUBTRACT 1,113 = = I

TAKE 6,491 ➜ SUBTRACT 4,374 ➜ ADD 2,916 = = A

TAKE 4,367 ➜ ADD 1,101 ➜ ADD 2,039 = = W

6,109 4,088
’ 4,577 11,883 5,033 4,577 9,593

4,088 5,033 2,545 11,883 5,033 7,507 5,033 9,593

H .
4,088 6,187 11,883 4,316

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Code Time
What did the painter say to the wall?

Solve the problems below and locate your answers in the code boxes. Write the
letter from each problem in the code box with the matching answer. If the answer
appears in more than one code box, fill in each one with the same letter.

Y = 492 + 365 = 857 S = 963 – 212 =

R = 824 – 603 = N = 439 + 683 =

K = 540 + 849 = T = 882 – 580 =

I = 390 – 245 = C = 490 + 384 =

U = 773 + 488 = O = 691 – 483 =

A = 943 – 355 = M = 779 + 930 =

D = 676 + 254 = L = 593 – 433 =

P = 296 – 147 = E = 391 + 786 =

208 1,122 1,177 1,709 208 221 1,177 874 221 588 874 1,389

’
588 1,122 930 145 160 160

Y !
149 160 588 751 302 1,177 221 857 208 1,261

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Cross Them Out

Solve the 12 problems below. Locate and cross out each of the correct
answers in the grid. (Answers run horizontally, left to right.) When you have
finished, 36 boxes will remain. Write the remaining letters in order and reveal the
answer to the following riddle.

Why wasn’t the little boy eating his nachos?

1. 6,943 2. 8,432 3. 3,098 4. 8,701

+________
5,861 –________
6,284 + 8,707
________ – 6,455
________
12,804
5. 9,437 6. 4,837 7. 8,307 8. 4,596
–________
6,736 +________
6,974 –________
4,273 + 7,482
________

9. 8,894 10. 9,427 11. 3,366 12. 7,352

+________
4,774 –________
4,376 +________
7,794 – 4,176
________

H A R T S E W A S W
4 5 0 5 1 8 4 7 8 4
A H D L A R U G E N
9 4 0 3 4 1 1 8 1 1
I T I N G D E U N M Write your answer here.
5 7 2 5 9 1 3 6 6 8
F G A S W O R T H E ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
4 2 1 4 8 6 T 9 8 O
J A K G M N E L A P ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
5 3 1 1 8 0 5 4 8 5
H K S W M E L F D A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
1 2 0 7 8 8 3 1 7 6
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
K R L A P N C N S H
1 1 1 6 0 4 2 7 0 1
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
O E K F Y L S T O C
5 1 2 8 0 4 5 8 4 9 ___ ___ ___ .
O O L O F F B M E F
5 9 0 3 6 2 2 4 6 7

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Super Code
Read each problem carefully and use the operation clue words to figure out when to add
and when to subtract. Solve the problems, write your answers in the spaces provided, and find your
answers in the code boxes. Write the letter from each problem in the code box with the matching answer.
If the answer appears in more than one box, fill in each one with the same letter.

If you were a shoe, why would you not want to get in an argument
with a puppy?

G = The total of 843, 242, and 663 reduced by 450 = 1,298

______________

A = The difference of 9,703 and 6,436 = ______________

W = 247 more than the difference of 5,943 and 3,271 = ______________

U = The sum of 343, 39, 297, and 5,482 = ______________

H = 94 added to the difference of 7,946 and 2,430 = ______________

O = From the sum of 9,364 and 4,966 subtract 891 = ______________

T = Reduce the sum of 84, 97, 84, and 22 by 30 = ______________

Y = 39 less than the difference of 805 and 204 = ______________

E = Double 250, subtract 175 = ______________

C = Increase the sum of 478, 229, and 841 by 976 = ______________

L = Subtract 450 from the sum of 942 and 660 = ______________

D = Decrease the total of 49, 75, 88, 90, and 40 by 46 = ______________

P = From the difference of 8,637 and 4,351 subtract 606 = ______________

G
562 13,439 6,161 1,298 325 257 3,267 1,152 1,152

2,524 5,610 325 2,919 325 296 6,161 3,680

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Multi-Step Tic-Tac-Toe
In this activity each box has three problems. Solve the top two problems in each box and write your answers
in the spaces provided. Then follow the arrows and copy your answers to create the third problem. Solve the
third problem to get your final answer. Do the same for each set of problems. If your final answer has an EVEN
number in the hundreds column, give that space an X, but if your answer has an ODD number in the hundreds
column, give it an O. Any three X s or O s in a straight line wins. The first one has been started for you.

9,763 8,370 3,80 7 8,693 9,672 2,849

–_______
4,537 –_______
7,684 +_______
2,49 4 –_______
3,341 –_______
1,241 +_______
4 , 3 27

5,226 686

5,226
– 686 – –

5,147 2,166 9,48 1 5,148 4,009 8 , 1 37

+_______
3,928 +_______
4,847 –_______
2,17 8 +_______
1,029 +_______
5,962 –_______
4 , 3 22

– – –

7,463 5,998 3,84 2 9,078 8,539 1,599

–_______
1,507 –_______
3,125 +_______
4,77 4 –_______
5,339 –_______
4,263 +_______
2 , 1 93

– – –

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Last Number–First Number

Solve the following addition and subtraction problems. Write your answers in the
winding puzzle below. Note: The last digit of each answer becomes the first digit of the
next answer. Be sure to follow the arrows as you fill in the boxes, because you will have to write the following
answers backward: numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 12. After you’ve finished the puzzle, look at the numbers you’ve
written in the shaded boxes. Each number shows where the letter in that box should go in the code at the
bottom to answer the riddle.

What’s scarier than three ghosts?

1. 5,948 2. 82,476 3. 4,299 4. 64,935 5. 8,663 6. 99,084

+ 8,626
________ –________
37,645 + 7,813
________ –________
35,234 + 3,472
________ –________
46,463
14,574

7. 2,764 8. 94,882 9. 7,061 10. 88,239 11. 6,491 12. 76,826

+ 9,008
________ –________
67,441 + 7,284
________ –________
36,448 + 8,254
________ –________
17,393

1 1 4 5 7 2 4 3
G S

➠
➠

O
9 10
R

➠
➠

8 4
U
➠ ➠
➠

T
12 11
O
➠

➠
S
7 6 5
H F

G
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Musical Mystery
Solve the ten addition and subtraction problems below. Fill in the answers
in the across and down spaces in the cross-number puzzle. After you’ve
finished the puzzle, look at the numbers you’ve written in the shaded boxes. Each
number shows where the letter in that box should go in the code at the bottom to answer the riddle.

What happened to Beethoven, Mozart, and Liszt when they died?

ACROSS

1. 3,426 4. 4,439 7. 93,642 8. 6,371 9. 76,030

+ 9,039
_________ + 6,841
_________ –_________
63,471 + 9,809
_________ –_________
42,417
12,465
DOWN

2. 53,984 3. 84,177 4. 7,008 5. 68,402 6. 8,382

–_________
33,475 –_________
32,069 + 9,675
_________ –_________
43,511 + 8,749
_________

1 2 3
1 2E 4 6 5
4 5

D
6

M D P O
7 8

E S
9

They 1 2
E
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Coded Message
Solve each of the problems carefully. As you find the number value of
each letter, use these answers to help you solve the other problems.
When you finish a problem, locate the answer in the code boxes, then write the letter Hint
above the answer. If the answer appears in more than one box, fill in each Finish the pro
blems
box with the same letter. that give you
numbers
to work with
first.
What did the jar of mayonnaise say to the refrigerator?

H = 397 + 642 = 1,039 A = (437 + 279) – 256 =

O = 502 + 637 – 248 = Y = (891 – 246) + G =

S = H–O = U = M+A =

G = 318 – (342 – 183) = D = (382 + 607) – (347 – 266) =

N = Y – S + 103 = T = L–R =

C = (371 – 257) + (966 – 247) = E = (A + O ) – H =

M = 498 + 634 = I = 607 – 319 + A =

L = P–Y+S = R = H – (378 + 422) =

P = 643 + 738 + 242 =

H
1,623 967 312 460 148 312 1,039 1,592 239 239 804 460 759 908

H —
833 967 891 148 312 728 1,039 312 908 891 891 239

’ !
748 1,132 908 239 312 148 148 748 759 159

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Shapely Math
Study the shapes in equations 1–6. 482
Each shape has only one match in the number 484 955 651
grids at the right. Use the shapes to fill 399 376
in the missing numbers in the equations.
Solve each number sentence. Check your 580 792 314 757 841 129
answers against the scrambled answers in the
Answer Box below. 648 555
211 600 809
217

1. ( 651 + 841 ) – ( 555 + 314 ) =

————
2. ( + ) – ( + ) =
————
3. ( + ) – ( + ) =
————
4. ( + ) – ( + ) =
————
5. ( + ) – ( + ) =
————
6. ( + ) – ( + ) =
————
Hint ANSWER BOX
wer Box
Not all the Ans
solutions to 371 601 623
numbers are
.
the equations 441 293 383
70 750 437

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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Word Problems #3
Solve each of the problems below. Write your answers on the lines provided
next to the questions. Then fill in the cross-number puzzle with your answers.

1. Ms. Otto was purchasing two computers for her business. A salesperson showed her a
computer priced at $1,348.99 and another at $1,549.99. He also showed her a package deal
on two newer models: $2998.98 for both computers.
How much more would Ms. Otto spend on the newer models than on the
first two that he had shown her? 6 Down __________

2. The Taylors purchased some new living room furniture: a sofa for $699.88;
a reclining chair for $329.68; a coffee table for $319.48; and an end table for $288.96.
Since they were purchasing four items they were given a $150.00 discount.
What would the furniture have cost without the discount? 1 Down __________
How much would the four pieces of furniture cost after the discount? 7 Across __________

3. A dealership sold five cars priced at $10,428, $12,635, $14,247, $10,050, and $13,245.
What did the dealership earn from the sale of the two most expensive cars? 2 Down __________
What’s the difference between the most expensive and least expensive car? 5 Across __________
How much did the dealership earn from the sale of all the cars? 3 Down __________

4. City News circulates 85,800 papers on weekdays and 115,900 papers on Saturdays.
How many more papers are published on Saturday than on any weekday? 4 Down __________
How many newspapers would be published on any Saturday, Monday, and
Tuesday combined? 8 Across __________

5. Over a period of five years, rangers at two huge national parks reported 302 forest
fires at one park and 279 at the other. 418 forest fires were caused by thunderstorms.
The rest of the fires had been caused by campers and hikers.
How many forest fires were caused by campers and hikers? 1 Across __________
How many more fires did one park have than the other? 2 Across __________
1

2 3 4

5 6

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Casting Out 9s: Addition

Check Your Addition!
Try this fun way to check your addition problems! Read through the steps and refer to the example below.

1. Add the numbers and 2. Take each addend (849; 368; 967; 384; 937) 3. CAST OUT, or
arrive at an answer. and separate the digits with addition signs. eliminate, any 9s.

849 ➜ 8 + 4 + 9 = 12 ➜ 1 + 2 = 3
368 ➜ 3 + 6 + 8 = 17 ➜ 1 + 7 = 8
967 ➜ 9 + 6 + 7 = 13 ➜ 1 + 3 = 4
384 ➜ 3 + 8 + 4 = 15 ➜ 1 + 5 = 6
+ 937 ➜ 9 + 3 + 7 = 10 ➜ 1
} + 0 = +1
4
}
3,505 22 ➜ 2+2=
4. Add the digits together
➜

for each addend.

5. If your answer is a two-digit answer,
3+5+0+5=13➜1+3= 4 separate the digits again, cast out any
9s, and add the digits so that you end
up with a single-digit answer.

6. Finally, add all the single digit

7. Take your answer (3505), separate the answers together. Remember to end
digits with addition signs, and go through up with a single-digit answer.
steps 3, 4, and 5.

8. If the single-digit answer you get in #7 is the same as the

single-digit answer in step #6, your answer is correct.

Let’s try this problem

5,468 ➜ 5 + 4 + 6 + 8 = 23➜ 2 + 3 = 05
2,993 ➜ 2 + 9 + 9 + 3 = 5➜ = 05
+ 7,842 ➜ 7 + 8 + 4 + 2 = 21➜ 2 + 1 = +3
13➜ 1+3= 4
16,303 ➜ 1 + 6 + 3 + 0 + 3 = 13➜ 1+3= 4
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Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Casting Out 9s: Subtraction

Check Your Subtraction!
Try this fun way to check your subtraction problems. Read through the steps and refer to the example below.
1. Go through the subtraction 2. Take the minuend (9,378) and subtrahend (6,947)
process and arrive at an and separate the digits with addition signs.
answer.

9, 3 78 ➜ 9 + 3 + 7 + 8 = 18 ➜ 1 + 8 = 9
– 6,947 ➜ 6 + 9 + 4 + 7 = 17 ➜ 1 + 7 = _– 8

}
}
2,431 1
➜

3. CAST OUT, or
4. Add the digits
eliminate, any 9s. 5. If your answer 6. Finally
together.
is a two-digit subtract the
2+4+3+1=10 ➜ 1+0= 1 answer, separate
the digits again,
single-digit
answers.
cast out any 9s,
and add the digits
7. Take your answer (2,431), separate the digits with addi- so that you end
tion signs, and go through steps 3, 4, and 5. up with a single-
digit number.
8. If the single-digit answer you get in #7 is the same as the
single-digit answer in step #6, your answer is correct.

Let’s try this problem.

97,682 ➜ 9 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 2 = 23➜ 2 + 3 = 0 5
– 39,980 ➜ 3 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 0 = 11➜ 1 + 1 = – 2
3
57,702 ➜ 5 + 7 + 7 + 0 + 2 = 21➜ 2+1= 3

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Casting Out 9s: Addition Practice

In the following addition problems you are given three possible Hint
answers. Use the casting out of 9s method to determine which Remember to
cast out
of the three answers is correct. Circle the correct answer and the 9s for all
the addends
write the word above it on the answer line that matches and the answ
er.
the number of the problem.

How can a painter fall off a ladder and not get hurt?

1. 86 4. 384
39 476
27 209
66 773
+ 34 + 689
________ ________
252
BY JUST SIMPLY ONE THE TALL
252 251 242 2,530 2,531 2,521

2. 93 5. 4,793
78 6,824
29 9,568
63 + 3,577
________
+ 70
________

SLIP FALLING TIP BOT TOM BIG LADDER

332 333 323 24,762 24,752 247,662

3. 356 6. 7,831
938 2,609
792 7,536
634 + 2,832
________
+ 289
________

THROUGH THE OFF STEP HOLE OVER

3,008 3,010 3,009 20,808 20,708 20,818

BY
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
.
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Casting Out 9s: Subtraction Practice

Hint
In the following subtraction problems you are given three Remember to
cast out the
possible answers. Use the casting out of 9s method to 9s for all the
minuends and
determine which of the three answers is correct. Circle the subtrahends!
correct answer and write the word above it on the answer line
that matches the number of the problem.

Why is a broken-down TV like a retired surgeon?

1. 68,947 4. 58,307
– 24,635 – 24,296
________ ________
44,312

THEY THE BOYS SIMPLY AWFULLY QUICKLY

44,312 44,342 44,311 34,011 34,091 34,190

2. 79,937 5. 89,694
– 64,328 – 66,789
________ ________

HURRY GIRLS HAVE BUSY TO STOPPED

15,619 15,608 15,609 23,914 22,915 22,905

3. 96,978 6. 69,862
– 64,873 – 27,687
________ ________

DOWN BOTH RAN OPERATING BEATING TABLE

32,005 32,105 32,115 42,175 42,275 42,225

THEY
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ .
1 2 3 4 5 6

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How Accurate Are You?

Test your accuracy in each of the problems below. Each problem requires you to
add two or more columns of eight digits. One addition error will result in an
incorrect answer. Check your answer by “casting out 9s.” (See Student Reference
Page: Casting out 9s—Addition, page 39.) Write your answers in the boxes under
each problem. The number you record in the shaded box shows where the letter
should go in the grid at the bottom to answer this riddle:

What kind of jam do most people dislike?

4 9 7 5 9 2
3 6 8 0 3 5
7 9 4 0 0 9
9 3 6 7 9 1
2 4 5 6 3 2
1 2 2 8 4 7
6 8 1 7 5 9
+ 5 6 + 3 4 9 3
________ _________________

7
F J R I

5 6 6 3 3 6 3 4 9 8 5 6 1 1
9 1 0 7 6 8 9 8 1 5 9 7 6 1
7 9 3 0 9 8 7 0 4 0 8 0 5 0
6 0 4 7 7 7 6 3 9 1 8 4 3 7
2 3 0 8 2 4 5 1 7 5 6 8 4 5
4 5 7 5 1 4 8 2 4 3 2 4 8 7
4 8 2 3 2 5 2 4 8 1 6 3 2 6
+ 8 5 7 1 9 6 + 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 8
______________________ _____________________________

M A F A T C

J
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Monthly Allowance
What would your allowance be on the 31st day of the month if you started with an
allowance of $0.01 on the first day, received double the first day’s amount on the Hint
second day, received double the second day’s amount on the third day, and so Remember to
spend your
on for 31 days? The first four days have been done for you. Continue the pattern. allowance wis
ely!

1st
. 01 1st
. .
+ +
. 0 1
+ .
.
. 0 2
2nd 12th 22nd
. .
+ +
. 0 2
+ .
.
. 0 4
3rd 13th 23rd
. .
+ +
. 0 4
+ .
.
. 0 8
4th 14th 24th
. .
+ +
. 0 8
+
. .

. 1 6
5th 15th 25th
. .
+ + +
. . .
6th 16th 26th
. . .
+ + +
. . .
7th 17th 27th
. . .
+ + +
. . .
8th 18th 28th
. . .
+ + +
. . .
9th 19th 29th
. . .
+ + +
. . .
10th 20th 30th
. . .
+ + +
. . .
11th 21st 31st
. . .
➜

Write this answer at the top of

➜

Write this answer at the top of

column 2 and double it. column 3 and double it.

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Palindromes
MOM
What’s a palindrome? A palindrome is a word or number that can be read from left to
right and right to left and say the same thing. (For example: radar or 3,003)

Here’s how to create a number palindrome, step by step.

To create a palindrome using the number 68, follow these steps:

1. Write the number 68

2. Reverse the number and add the numbers + 86
➜
154 Since this is not a palindrome,
3. Keep reversing and adding until + 451 reverse it and add.
a palindrome is created. 605
+ 506
➜
1 1 1 1 We created this palindrome
in three steps (count up
the + signs).

Create palindromes for numbers in the chart by following the steps above. Hint
Record the number of steps it took and write down your palindrome. The maximum
number of
steps is 10!

Number Number of steps Palindrome

68 3 1111
43 1 77
193
97
86
364
829

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 ANSWER KEY SKELETONS (p. 9) “SUM” NUMBER SEARCH (p. 13)
45 29 1. 23,663 2. 23,862 3. 20,544
WHAT A MIX-UP (p. 6) 41 69 4. 24,317 5. 16,571 6. 25,306
111 65 7. 22,195 8. 17,038 9. 20,295
+ 4 8 3 6 + 7 4 9 2
27 66 10. 19,790 11. 17,788 12. 21,813
5 9 13 8 11 5 12 9 14 7 105 26
1 9 7 9 0 2 3 8 6 2
7 11 15 10 13 3 10 7 12 5 68 84 7 4 1 2 7 2 8 2 1 2
2 6 10 5 8 9 16 13 18 11 54 48 0 9 2 0 4 1 6 5 7 1

9 13 17 12 15 1 8 5 10 3 67 47 3 6 0 5 3 8 0 3 7 9
8 6 2 4 3 1 7 0 8 5
80 59 4 0 9 4 2 3 7 6 8 3
+ 2 6 5 9 + 3 8 9
6 1 9 5 4 2 3 6 6 3 9

8 10 14 13 17 7 13 10 15 16 How can you get some skeletons to

7 9 13 12 16 8 14 11 16 17 laugh? HOW IS BASEBALL LIKE A
4 6 10 9 13 7 13 10 15 16 All you need to do is tickle their GOOD CAKE? (p. 14)
3 5 9 8 12 3 9 6 11 12 funny bones. O 113,163 A 159,127 P 127,549
R 142,249 D 134,151 G 147,873
Note: There can be more than one WHAT DID THE MICROWAVE Y 152,830 B 143,271 E 129,963
solution to the boxes above. SAY TO THE CHEF? (p. 10) H 84,922 I 108,946 S 87,964
N 122,329 T 121,025 V 133,955
EQUAL VALUES #1 (p. 7) E = 18 L=5
28 23 20 30 G = 20 O = 22 Everything depends on the batter.
22 24 27 26 M = 14 N=3
21 25 19 33 U=8 Y = 24 WORD PROBLEMS #1 (p. 15)
32 29 18 31 T = 21 V=9 1. 681 miles, 647 miles, 1647 miles
W=7 X = 23 2. 39,571 pounds, 25,830 pounds
29 33 24 30 S = 29 D=6 3. 14,805 fans, 12,721 fans
19 28 32 18 C=4 I = 19 4. 45,900 pages, 66,900 pages
31 26 23 27 6 6 9 0 0 4 1 7 8
22 21 20 25 Give me sixty seconds, will you? 8 5 1 1 6 4 7 0 5
1 2 7 2 1 8 3 7 0
6 4 7 2 4 5 9 0 0
What was the boy’s excuse when he EQUAL VALUES #2 (p. 11) 3 5 7 9 8 6 5 0 7
2 5 8 3 0 6 7 9 9
was late for school? 1 3 8 7 5 8 1 5 3

I dreamed I was playing hockey 82 211 108 230

with all my friends and the game 225 90 277 204 38 ERRORS (p. 16)
went into overtime. 215 260 94 226 – 19 23 15 24 13 21 16 25 14 22

12 16 8 18 8 15 9 18 8 16
7 17 6 14 7 15
36 ERRORS (p. 8) 16 20 12 22 10 19 13 22 12
11
19

90 204 211 94 3
21 18
+ 3 7 5 1 9 4 0 8 6 2 15 18 9 18 8 17 12 20 11 18

12 16 14 9 16 13 9 15 16 12
226 82 215 225 5
14 10 19 16 11 9 17
9 10 18 17 15 11
108 277 230 260 11 14 5 16 4 13 8 16 6 13
38 42 40 35 44 39 35 42 41 38 9 10 6 15 12 7 5
35 36 43 37
12 16 11 17 9 16 11 19 9 17
18 23 20 16 24 21 16 23 21 19
Why were the two boys sitting in 6 13 17 9 18 7 15 10 8 16
16
19 21 17 25 20 24 22 18
57 60 57 53 62 58 53 62 59 55
the tree? 8
10
11
15 6
7
16 5 13 9
8
17 6 14

53 56 58 54 57 61 The sign on the front lawn said 14 19 12 20 9 17 13 22 11 18

4 15 11 12 21 10
24
28 30
27 31 29 25 33 28
31 24 34 29 24
32
30 30 26
please keep off the grass.
48 51 50 45 53 49 44 52 50 46
47 49 48
44
BREAK THE CODE #1 (p. 12) What gets bigger and bigger the
19 22
21 26 25
24
20 28 24 18
23 19 27
26 25 21
ACROSS: 1. 2,518 4. 2,327 more you take away from it?
6. 2,359 8. 2,482 9. 2,589 Hole
What would you yell if you were DOWN: 2. 1,792 3. 3,282
lost in the mountains and came 5. 2,605 6. 2,311 7. 1,498
face to face with the abominable
snowman? What do sea turtles eat with peanut
Help butter?
Jellyfish

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BILLY AND NANNY (p. 17) WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? ADDITION—SUBTRACTION
M=5 U=4 (p. 22) BINGO (p. 27)
R=16 Y=14 1. 2,932 2. 4,564 3. 3,684 4. 2,430 1. 172 2. 59 3. 86 4. 267
O=15 A=11 5. 2,786 6. 4,557 7. 1,152 8. 1,961 5. 88 6. 203 7. 22 8. 193
H=10 I=7 9. 1,510 10. 3,932 11. 3,892 12. 5,562 9. 230 10. 61 11. 176 12. 49
W=8 S=19 4 1 1 5 2 5 9 3 4 3 7

E=12 B=13 6 2 8 3 9 3 2 7 8 6 6 B I N G O
3 4 9 1 3 4 0 5 5 8 4
N=3 G=9 0 3 8 9 2 9 6 4 5 4 7 230 35 176 191 203

L=17 T=6 2 0 9 6 4 8 4 5 6 4 6
28 267 200 86 78
4 9 6 1 5 1 0 5 2 5 2
9 4 4 9 2 5 3 7 6 3 6
43 193 172 30 198
Why is it difficult to have a conver-
167 61 74 312 59
sation with a billy and nanny goat CROSS-NUMBER PUZZLE (p. 23)
around? ACROSS: 1. 2,814 3. 5,262 49 51 142 88 22

The bothersome goats always butt 4. 6,137 5. 4,517 8. 2,754

in. DOWN: 1. 2,991 2. 4,816 3. 5,274
6. 1,043 7. 7,249 FOLLOW THE ARROWS (p. 28)
2,178➜12,706➜2,861➜6,441➜21,279
BREAK THE CODE #2 (p. 18)
225➜9,486➜5,699➜21,453➜1,805
1. 207 2. 123 3. 223 If Fortune had a daughter, what
4. 208 5. 336 6. 635 would she be called?
LINKS (p. 29)
7. 209 8. 137 9. 319 Ms. Fortune
10. 118 11. 428 12. 206 H=6,187 E=11,883 S=4,577 K 2,545
T=4,088 Y=9,593 M=4,316 I = 6,109
CODED RIDDLE (p. 24)
How did you find the weather while A = 5,033 W = 7,507
1. 472 2. 383 3. 135 4. 190
you were on vacation? 5. 73 6. 7 7. 337 8. 392 How can Mitch’s friends make him
It was so easy—we simply went 9. 21 10. 80 11. 56 12. 79 itch?
outside and there it was. It’s easy—take away the m.
What’s the difference between a
CRACK THE CODE (p. 19) pitchfork and a toothpick? CODE TIME (p. 30)
If you really don’t know you had Y = 857 S = 751
55 483 110 443
better not pick your teeth. R = 221 N = 1,122
573 162 346 383
K = 1,389 T = 302
185 685 225 256 WORD PROBLEMS #2 (p. 25) I = 145 C = 874
1. $42.55 U = 1,261 O = 208
What’s the difference between a 2. 779 feet A = 588 M = 1,709
nurse taking your pulse and a 3. $2,304.23, $1,885.18 D = 930 L = 160
marathon runner? 4. $8,083.02 P = 149 E = 1,177
The nurse records the beats while 5. $3,871
the marathon runner beats the What did the painter say to the
records. What did the African Elephant say wall?
to the Indian Elephant? One more crack and I’ll plaster you!
PROMISES (p. 20) Nothing at all—elephants don’t
talk. CROSS THEM OUT (p. 31)
258 485 387 239 357
1. 12,804 2. 2,148 3. 11,805
287 289 568 589 179 ELEPHANT TRIVIA (p. 26) 4. 2,246 5. 2,701 6. 11,811
671 359 374 178 356 Y = 79 U = 60 7. 4,034 8. 12,078 9. 13,668
L = 53 O = 123 10. 5,051 11. 11,160 12. 3,176
Why are promises like eggs? M = 120 V = 45 H
4
A
5
R
0
T
5
S
1
E
8
W
4
A
7
S
8
W
4
A H D L A R U G E N
Generally both can be broken so N = 101 T = 20 9
I
4
T
0
I
3
N
4
G D
1 1
E
8
U
1
N
1
M

easily. C = 57 K = 137 5
F
4
7
G
2
2
A
1
5
S
4
9
W
8
O
1

6
3
R
T
6
T
9
6
H
8
8
E
O

R = 83 W = 34 J
5
A
3
K
1
G
1
M
8
N
0
E
5
L
4
A
8
P
5
H K S W M E L F D A
SUPER CROSS-NUMBER PUZZLE G = 104 E = 100 1
K
2
R
0
L
7
A
8
P N
8 3
C
1
N
7
S
6
H

(p. 21) D = 117 S = 116 1

O
5
1
E
1
1
K
2
6
F
8
0
Y
0
L
4

4
2
S
5
7
T
8
0
O
4
1
C
9

ACROSS: 1. 135 3. 1,629 5. 999 H = 121 I = 36 O

5
O
9
L
0
O
3
F
6
F
2
B
2
M
4
E
6
F
7

6. 1,104 9. 2,517 10. 333 11. 267

DOWN:1. 1,491 2. 296 4. 937 Why do elephants have short tails? Why wasn’t the little boy eating his
7. 1,834 8. 492 9. 287 So they won’t get them stuck in nachos?
revolving doors. He was waiting for the jalapenos
to cool off.

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 SUPER CODE (p. 32) CODED MESSAGE (p. 36) HOW ACCURATE ARE YOU?
G= 1,298 A= 3,267 W= 2,919 H= 1,039 A= 460 (p. 43)
U= 6,161 H= 5,610 O= 13,439 O= 891 Y= 804 417 40,158
T= 257 Y= 562 E= 325 S= 148 U= 1,592 4,902,838 440,056,765
C= 2,524 L= 1,152 D= 296 G= 159 D= 908
P= 3,680 N= 759 T= 728 What kind of jam do most people
C= 833 E= 312 dislike?
If you were a shoe, why would you M= 1,132 I= 748 Traffic jam
not want to get in an arguement L= 967 R= 239
with a puppy? P= 1,623 MONTHLY ALLOWANCE (p. 44)
You get all chewed up! $10,737,418.24
What did the jar of mayonnaise say (allowance on 31st day)
MULTI-STEP TIC-TAC-TOE to the refrigerator?
(p. 33) Please hurry and close the door— PALINDROMES (p. 45)
9,763
–_______
4,537
8,370
–_______
7,684
3,807
+_______
2,494
8, 693
–_______
3, 341
9, 672
–_______
1, 241
2, 849
+_______
4, 327
I’m dressing! Number Number of steps Palindrome
5,226 686 6,301 5,352 8,431 7,176 68 3 1111
43 1 77
5,226 6,301 8,431 SHAPELY MATH (p. 37)
– 686 – 5,352 – 7,176 193 8 233332
4,540 O 949 O 1,255 X 1. ( 651 + 841 ) – ( 555 + 314 ) = 623 97 6 44044
————
5,147
+_______
3,928
2,166
+_______
4,847
9,481
–_______
2,178
5, 148
+_______
1, 029
4, 009
+_______
5, 962
8, 137
–_______
4, 322
86 3 1111
9,075 7,013 7,303 6,177 9,971 3,815 2. ( 580 + 757 ) – ( 211 + 376 ) = 750 364 5 45254
———— 10
9,075 7,303 9,971
829 88555588
– 7,013 – 6,177 – 3,815 3. ( 955 + 129 ) – ( 217 + 484 ) = 383
————
2,062 X 1,126
O 6,156 O 4. ( 792 + 648 ) – ( 600 + 399 ) = 441
7,463
–_______
1,507
5,998
–_______
3,125
3,842
+_______
4,774
9, 078
–_______
5, 339
8, 539
–_______
4, 263
1, 599
+_______
2, 193
————
8,616 3,792
5,956 2,873 3,739 4,276 5. ( 809 + 482 ) – ( 314 + 376 ) = 601
5,956 8,616 4,276
————
– 2,873 – 3,739 – 3,792
6. ( 955 + 555 ) – ( 792 + 648 ) = 70
3,083 X 4,877 X 484 X ————

LAST NUMBER—FIRST WORD PROBLEMS #3 (p. 38)

NUMBER (p. 34) 6 DOWN $100
1. 14,574 2. 44,831 3. 12,112 1 DOWN $1,638
4. 29,701 5. 12,135 6. 52,621 7 ACROSS $1,488
7. 11,772 8. 27,441 9. 14,345 2 DOWN $27,492
10. 51,791 11. 14,745 12. 59,433 5 ACROSS $4,197
3 DOWN $60,605
What’s scarier than three ghosts? 4 DOWN 30,100
Four ghosts 8 ACROSS 287,500
1 ACROSS 163
MUSICAL MYSTERY (p. 35) 2 ACROSS 23
ACROSS:
1. 12,465 4. 11,280 7. 30,171 CASTING OUT 9s : ADDITION
8. 16,180 9. 33,613 PRACTICE (p. 41)
DOWN: 1. 252 4. 2,531
2. 20,509 3. 52,108 4. 16,683 2. 333 5. 24,762
5. 24,891 6. 17,131 3. 3,009 6. 20,808

What happened to Beethoven, How can a painter fall off a ladder

Mozart, and Liszt when they died? and not get hurt?
They decomposed. By falling off the bottom step.

CASTING OUT 9s: SUBTRAC-

TION PRACTICE (p. 42)
1. 44,312 4. 34,011
2. 15,609 5. 22,905
3. 32,105 6. 42,175

Why is a broken-down TV like a

retired surgeon?
They have both simply stopped
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