WombatMaths
All Year 4 topics

Number · Addition and subtraction

Addition and subtraction word problems

Read an everyday situation, decide whether to add or subtract, and solve it.

Victorian Curriculum VC2M4N06 · 22 questions

How we teach it

This is what sits under the answer sheets in the app — the same cards, clips and lessons your child sees after a question.

More lessons for this topic are on the way.

One question, as your child sees it

And the answer sheet that follows a second wrong try: what we know, what we need, the steps, a check, the answer.

There are 22 students in 4K, 23 students in 4A and 21 students in 3/4N.
What is the total number of students in all three classes?

Your child types the answer on a number pad.

First hint: “Total” means add all three class sizes together.

The answer sheet

22 + 23 = 45, and 45 + 21 = 66 students.

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