Big Dog, Little Dog
Woof is a big dog. Yap is a little dog.
Emma has 16 dog biscuits to give to the two dogs.
She gave Woof 4 more biscuits than Yap.
How many biscuits did each dog get?
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Woof is a big dog. Yap is a little dog.
Emma has 16 dog biscuits to give to the two dogs.
She gave Woof 4 more biscuits than Yap.
How many biscuits did each dog get?
You could use 16 counters to help work this out.
Liam from Cummersdale School, Carlisle, Cumbria says:
"I have the answer to your solution for big dog little
dog.
Big Dog has 10 biscuits and Little Dog has 6 biscuits."
Why do this problem?
This problem would fit in well when children are doing addition and subtraction of numbers under $20$. It would help them to see that these are not all "sums" but have some real-life connections.Key questions
How many dog biscuits are there altogether?
Do those two numbers add to $16$?