Practice reading bar models and drawing simple bar models to solve addition, subtraction, and comparison word problems.
Read each problem carefully. Use the bar model to help you find the answer. Show your work in the space provided.
Use part-whole and comparison bars to solve story problems
Math - Grade 2-3
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Mia has 12 red stickers and 7 blue stickers. Draw a bar model to show the two parts. How many stickers does Mia have in all?
- 2
A bar model has a total of 25. One part is 9. The other part is missing. What is the missing part?
- 3
Leo read 18 pages on Monday and 14 pages on Tuesday. Use a bar model to find how many pages he read altogether.
- 4
Nora has 30 crayons. She gives 8 crayons to her brother. Draw a bar model to show the whole and the part she gave away. How many crayons does Nora have left?
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Read the bar model: One bar is labeled Sam: 16. A longer bar is labeled Ava: 23. How many more shells does Ava have than Sam?
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Ben has 11 toy cars. Max has 6 more toy cars than Ben. Draw a comparison bar model. How many toy cars does Max have?
- 7
There are 21 apples in a basket. 13 apples are green, and the rest are red. Use a bar model to find how many apples are red.
- 8
A class has 15 girls and 12 boys. Draw a part-whole bar model. How many students are in the class?
- 9
Read the bar model: The whole is 40. One part is 18 books read. The missing part is books not read yet. How many books are not read yet?
- 10
Ella collected 24 leaves. Jay collected 9 fewer leaves than Ella. Draw a comparison bar model. How many leaves did Jay collect?
- 11
A soccer team scored 10 goals in the first half and some more goals in the second half. They scored 18 goals in all. Use a bar model to find how many goals they scored in the second half.
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Liam has 27 marbles. Olivia has 19 marbles. Use a comparison bar model to find how many more marbles Liam has than Olivia.