We dedicate our book to the kindergarten and first grade students at Betsy Ross School.

We hope that you have fun solving our math stories, and when you are in second grade that you will want to write your own Book of Math Stories!

The Sweet Bakery

By Amirysth

In town a new bakery just opened. It's called The Sweet Bakery. They baked 425 cupcakes. They baked 426 cookies. Lily comes in and buys 133 cupcakes. After that Isabella comes in and buys 222 cookies. How many cupcakes and cookies do they have left?

The Crayon Fiasco

By Andy

Flippy buys 11,274 crayons from Walmart. He

had a hole in his bag. He lost 499 crayons. How many does he have left now?

Kids At The Pool

By Arianna

There were 363 kids at the pool. 63 more

kids came to the pool. Then 21 kids went home. Then 55 more kids came to the pool. 7 kids went to the sand box. 25 kids went to the sprinklers, and 5 kids went to the concession stand. How many kids are still in the pool?

Cool Cars

By Danny

There are 83 Lamborghinis and 336

Ferraris at a dealership in California. How many cars are there in all? Also, how many more Ferraris are there than Lamborghinis?

Matilda's Dolls

By Elise

Matilda has 185 dolls. She buys 179 more from the doll store. She gives 6 dolls to her cousins. Her cousins accidentally break 120 of the dolls. How many dolls does Matilda have left? You may use any strategy you want to solve it.

HELP! There's a ghost in the Gryfyndor common room!

Boo!!!

Mikayla's Scary Ghost Problem

By Elizabeth

Mikayla got sucked into a Harry Potter book. She got scared by a ghost 72 times. Then she got scared by another ghost 57 times more than the first ghost. How many times did she get scared by the second ghost? How many times was she scared in all? By the time she is 9 she has been scared 12 times the amount originally calculated. How often has she been scared in all?

Mansion Party

By Jacob

Voldemort went to a haunted mansion party with 697 wizards.165 wizards left the party because rain was falling from the ceiling and they did not want to get wet. How many wizards are left? Then 500 wizards came back to the party. How many wizards are there now?

I have five batteries.

BATTERIES

By Mason

Max has 5 batteries. He needs 20 batteries for his monster truck. How many more batteries does he need to get 20 in all? He goes to the store and gets more batteries. Each battery cost 3 dollars. How much money does he need? How much change will he get if he pays with $100?

I want cookies!

Cookie Shop

By Mikayla

Danny went to the cookie shop. Danny wants 123 cookies. Each cookie cost 2 cents. How much money does Danny need?

Danny has $20. How much money will he get back?

I am writing Too Many Books!!!!

Too Many Books

By Nevene

Dav Pilkey published 778 Dogman books in January. He sells 205 books in February. Then he writes 155 more books in March. Then he sells 516 more books in April. After, he writes 643 more books in May. How many books does he have now? He sells each book for $2.50. How much money does he make?

Tom's Cupcake Shop

By Ryan

Tom has a cupcake shop with 300 cupcakes . His brother comes the next day with a truck full of 3,000,000 cupcakes! How many cupcakes does Tom's Cupcake Shop have now ?