Two-Step Word Problems

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Mathematics›Addition & Subtraction|Ages 7—8|ID: mt_yTWxkzzoOZ

Solve one- and two-step word problems within 100 using addition and subtraction, with unknowns in all positions

Mastery Evidence

Solve a two-step word problem involving adding to and taking from
Represent a word problem with an equation using a symbol for the unknown
Solve comparison problems (how many more/fewer) within 100

Assessment Prompt

“If a word problem says 'Sam had 78 stickers, gave some away, and now has 45 — how many did he give away?', can [child] work out which operation to use and find the answer?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

2.OA.1Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems

Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Prerequisites2

Fluent adding and subtracting within 100
hardAges 7—8
Early Word Problems
hardAges 5—7

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Fluent adding and subtracting within 100 hard
Solving word problems within 100 requires fluent computation within 100
- Adding within 100 hard
  Fluency within 100 builds on strategy-based adding within 100
  - Addition and subtraction within 20 hard
    Adding within 100 extends within-20 strategies to larger numbers
    - Number bonds to 9 hard
      Making-ten strategy requires knowing bonds to 10
      - Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
        Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
        
        Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
    - Fluent adding and subtracting within 10 hard
      Strategies for within-20 calculation build on fluent within-10 knowledge
      - Number bonds to 9 hard
        Fluency within 10 requires knowing number bonds to 10
        
        Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
        Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
        
        Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
      - Fluent adding and subtracting within 5 hard
        Fluency within 10 extends from fluency within 5
        
        Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Fluency with addition within 5 requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Fluency with subtraction within 5 requires understanding subtraction as taking away
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
  - The two digits of a two-digit number hard
    Adding within 100 using PV requires understanding tens and ones
    - A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
      Understanding tens and ones place value requires the concept of 10 as a bundle
      - The teen numbers hard
        Understanding 10 as a bundle builds on understanding teen numbers as 'a ten and some ones'
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding tens-and-ones composition requires cardinality — knowing numbers represent quantities
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Composing/decomposing teen numbers requires reading and writing those numerals
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Writing digits 0-9 hard
        Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
        
        Sitting and holding a pencil soft
        Same motor skills for digit formation
    - The teen numbers hard
      General two-digit place value extends from understanding teen number composition
      - How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding tens-and-ones composition requires cardinality — knowing numbers represent quantities
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
      - Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Composing/decomposing teen numbers requires reading and writing those numerals
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Writing digits 0-9 hard
        Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
        
        Sitting and holding a pencil soft
        Same motor skills for digit formation
- Fluent adding and subtracting within 20 hard
  Fluency within 100 requires fluent single-digit facts
  - Addition and subtraction within 20 hard
    Fluency within 20 requires prior strategy-based adding/subtracting within 20
    - Number bonds to 9 hard
      Making-ten strategy requires knowing bonds to 10
      - Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
        Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
        
        Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
    - Fluent adding and subtracting within 10 hard
      Strategies for within-20 calculation build on fluent within-10 knowledge
      - Number bonds to 9 hard
        Fluency within 10 requires knowing number bonds to 10
        
        Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
        Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
        
        Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
      - Fluent adding and subtracting within 5 hard
        Fluency within 10 extends from fluency within 5
        
        Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Fluency with addition within 5 requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Fluency with subtraction within 5 requires understanding subtraction as taking away
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
  - Fluent adding and subtracting within 10 hard
    Fluency within 20 builds on fluency within 10
    - Number bonds to 9 hard
      Fluency within 10 requires knowing number bonds to 10
      - Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
        Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
        
        Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
    - Fluent adding and subtracting within 5 hard
      Fluency within 10 extends from fluency within 5
      - Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Fluency with addition within 5 requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
      - Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Fluency with subtraction within 5 requires understanding subtraction as taking away
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
Early Word Problems hard
Word problems within 100 extend word problems within 20
- Adding and subtracting hard
  Word problems to 20 require the procedural ability to add/subtract to 20
  - Number bonds hard
    Adding/subtracting to 20 procedurally requires knowing the number bonds
    - Number bonds to 9 hard
      Number bonds within 20 builds on knowing bonds to 10
      - Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
        Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
        
        Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
    - Fluent adding and subtracting within 5 hard
      Recalling bonds within 20 builds on fluency within 5
      - Addition as combining or putting together two hard
        Fluency with addition within 5 requires understanding addition as combining
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
      - Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Fluency with subtraction within 5 requires understanding subtraction as taking away
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Addition and subtraction word problems soft
  Word problems to 20 extend from word problems within 10 — same problem structures at a higher range
  - Representing Addition and Subtraction hard
    Solving word problems within 10 requires ability to represent the operations with objects/drawings
    - Addition as combining or putting together two hard
      Representing addition with objects/drawings requires understanding what addition means
      - How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
    - Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
      Representing subtraction with objects/drawings requires understanding what subtraction means
      - How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'

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