A seven-page market story for practising addition and subtraction to 20, with a question on every page.
Luckybug reaches Hen-Berry’s stall just as a basket tips. Seven berries stop by the flowers and five roll beneath the table.
Try it: How many berries rolled out altogether?
12. Make 10 first: 7 needs 3, leaving 2. Then 10 + 2 = 12.
Hen-Berry began with 18 eggs. Six have already gone into breakfast pies, and the morning queue is growing.
Try it: How many eggs remain?
12. Subtract 6 from 18: count back 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12.
Luckybug gathers nine yellow flowers and eight purple flowers so the stall looks welcoming again.
Try it: How many flowers are in both baskets?
17. Move 1 from the group of 8 to make 10. Then 10 + 7 = 17.
The change box holds 20 wooden tokens. Seven customers use one token each before the bell rings.
Try it: How many tokens are left?
13. Take away 7 from 20. Count back 7 steps to reach 13.
Hen-Berry places six jam jars on each of two shelves. Luckybug checks that the shelves match.
Try it: What is double 6?
12. Double means two equal groups: 6 + 6 = 12.
Fifteen picture-signs were painted, but nine are already hanging above stalls. The rest still need string.
Try it: How many signs still need string?
6. Find the difference: 15 − 9 = 6. You can count up from 9 to 15.
Eight woodland friends arrive from one path and seven from another. The market opens with every stall ready and nobody left waiting.
Try it: How many friends arrive altogether?
15. Eight plus 7 can become 10 + 5, which equals 15.
Try the story again without peeking, or print it and work the questions on paper. SnackPack Basic Math has the rest of the story shelf, daily practice and number games.
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