Lesson: Word Problems: Taking Apart Mathematics • Kindergarten

In this lesson, we will learn how to solve problems to find the number of objects in one part when one group of up to 10 objects is split into two parts.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

use images to solve “breaking apart” word problems,
use objects to model how to break apart a number in order to solve a problem,
use part–whole models to model how to break apart a number in order to solve a problem,
solve word problems by expressing them as subtraction equations.

Lesson Video

Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

There are 7 children on a bus. 1 is a girl. How many are boys?

Q2:

There are 8 red and green cups. If 2 of them are green, how many red cups are there?

Q3:

There are 6 apples, some are red and others are green.

How many green apples are there?