Problem Solving and the Common Core

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A turquoise container held eleven basil plants. We planted one more basil plant. How many basil plants were planted in the turquoise container?

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A turquoise container held eleven basil plants. We planted some more basil plants. We had a total of twelve basil plants in the turquoise container. How many basil plants did we plant in the turquoise container?

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A turquoise container held some basil plants in it. We planted one more basil plant. Then we had a total of twelve basil plants in the turquoise container. How many basil plants did we start with in the turquoise container?

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The turquoise container had twelve basil plants planted in it. One of the basil plants didn’t make it. How many plants actually grew?

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The turquoise container had twelve basil plants planted in it. Some of the basil plants didn’t make it. There were eleven basil plants that actually made it. How many basil plants didn’t grow?

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The turquoise container had some basil plants planted in it. One of those seeds didn’t grow. Eleven of them did grow into yummy basil plants. How many basil plants were started in the turquoise container?

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More/greater

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There is one basil plant in the container. There are eleven oregano plants. How many more oregano plants than basil plants are there?

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There are ten more oregano plants than basil plants in the container. There is one basil plant in the container. How many oregano plants are there in the container?

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There are ten more oregano plants than basil plants in the container. The container has eleven oregano plant. How many basil plants does it have?

Comparison

Less/fewer

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There are eleven oregano plants in the container. There is one basil plant there. How many fewer basil plants than oregano plants are there?

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There are ten fewer basil plants than oregano plants in a container. There is one basil plant. How many oregano plants are there?

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There are ten fewer basil plants than oregano plants in a container. There are eleven oregano plants in the container. How many basil plants are in the container?

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There are eleven oregano plants in the container, and one basil plant. How many plants are there in all in the container?

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There are twelve basil and oregano plants in the container. There are eleven oregano plants. How many basil plants are there?