Fact Family Number Sentences KEY
Directions: Read the story problem and use your counters to represent the problem.
Then list all possible number sentences for the fact family.
1. Coach Harris has a tub of 14 balls
2. Grandma Kathy received a dozen
for the students to play with at lunch
flowers for her birthday. The
time. There are 8 basketballs and 6
bouquet of flowers had 4 roses and
footballs in the tub.
8 carnations.
8 basketballs + 6 footballs = 14 total balls
4 roses + 8 carnations = 12 total flowers
6 footballs + 8 basketballs = 14 total balls
8 carnations + 4 roses = 12 total flowers
14 total balls – 8 basketballs = 6 footballs
12 total flowers – 8 carnations = 4 roses
14 total balls – 6 footballs = 8 basketballs
12 total flowers – 4 roses = 8 carnations
1. Mrs. Wolf has 18 pens in her desk
2. The ice cream man sold a total of 14
drawer. She has 11 black pens and 7
ice cream treats after school. He
red pens.
sold 5 popsicles and 9 ice cream
bars.
11 black pens + 7 red pens = 18 total pens
5 popsicles + 9 ice cream bars = 14 treats
7 red pens + 11 black pens = 18 total pens
9 ice cream bars + 5 popsicles = 14 treats
18 total pens – 7 red pens = 11 black pens
14 treats – 9 ice cream bars = 5 popsicles
18 total pens – 11 black pens = 7 red pens
14 treats – 5 popsicles = 9 ice cream bars