Mixed word problems
The question
Between the two of them, how many cupcakes are there?
Dev has 37 cupcakes while Rosa has 34 cupcakes.
Dev has 37 cupcakes while Rosa has 34 cupcakes.
numbers:3734
37 + 34
asked:Between the two of them, how many cupcakes are there?
37 + 34 =71
71 cupcakes
- Read the whole story first, before picking out numbers.
- The numbers are 37 and 34. What to do with them comes from the story.
- You are told both parts and asked for the whole — so they join together. So this one is an addition: 37 + 34.
- 37 + 34 = 71 cupcakes — that answers "Between the two of them, how many cupcakes are there?".
How it works.
- 01
Read the whole story first, before picking out numbers.
- 02
The numbers are 37 and 34. What to do with them comes from the story.
- 03
You are told both parts and asked for the whole — so they join together. So this one is an addition: 37 + 34.
- 04
37 + 34 = 71 cupcakes — that answers "Between the two of them, how many cupcakes are there?".