Ali has more marbles than Maria in some of these word problems, while in others Maria has more marbles than Ali. First graders are tasked to read each word problem and solve how many marbles each girl has.

Concepts

more than, more or less, addition, subtraction, addition word problems, subtraction word problems, word problems

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the task as guided instruction, partner work, or give it as an assessment after a lesson
• Provide manipulatives for learners to use as they work through each step in the word problems

Classroom Considerations

• Provide paper for problem solving
• Ensure pupils are familiar with the academic language in each problem

Pros

• Includes three multi-step word problems that uses academic language such as fewer and more
• The answer key comes with teacher commentary and the solutions to 

Cons

• None

Common Core

1.OA.A.1