South Carolina Get Ready Grade 3 Mathematics Chapter 2

Tracy collected 428 pretty fall leaves to press in a book.

Part A.

She decided this was too many and put 193 of the leaves back in the yard.

Fill in the blank: Tracy pressed leaves in a book.

Shawn counted 465 medals in his father’s medal collection. His father also has 294 arrowheads in another collection. The total number of medals and arrowheads his father has can be found by the expression below.

How many medals and arrowheads does Shawn’s father have in all?

Part B.

Mindy explains there are 12 more sugar cookies than almond cookies because the smaller number is always subtracted from the larger number.

So she got 6 ‒ 4 = 2 in the ones place and 2 ‒ 1 = 1 in the tens place.

Explain why Mindy’s reasoning is incorrect. Find how many more sugar cookies than almond cookies she has. Write your answer and your explanation in the box provided.