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Fur and Feathers - Math Word Problems

	1. A polar bear, two ducks, and three snakes gather in Sophia's room. How many animals are there? 5 6 7

	2. A duck loses 3 feathers. After five minutes, he loses 13 more. How many total feathers does the duck lose? 15 17 16

	3. The porcupine needs quills for protection. Sophia tries to help the porcupine by making a fur coat with pins and needles. She starts by sewing 35 pins and needles, and later she takes away 17. How many pins and needles are currently in the coat? 18 13 17

	4. Adult insects have a head, thorax & abdomen. How many body parts is this? 2 3 4

	5. Mammals produce milk to feed their young. If a certain mammal produces 100 gallons of milk and its young drinks 38 gallons, how many gallons of milk are left? 62 58 63

	6. Sophia draws two stars on the ladybug in the story. Suppose she drew the same amount of stars on 8 additional ladybugs. How many more stars would she have to draw? 18 10 16

	7. If one frog leaps into Sophia's room, and four times this many follow, how many frogs are in Sophia's room? 3 6 5

	8. Snails need shells to keep them safe and moist. In the story, Sophia finds a striped shell for Snail. Suppose in the story there are 3 snails instead of one and each snail needs two shells instead of one. How many shells would Sophia have to find? 6 7 8

	9. Snakes shed their skin as they grow. Suppose there are seven snakes. Five of the seven snakes shed their skin. How many of the snakes have their original skin? 3 2 5

	10. Sophia sews one heart on Polar Bear in the story. Suppose there were 12 polar bears in the story. How many hearts would she have to sew? 10 11 12

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