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
Problem
Image
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?
Getting Started
You could use 16 counters to help work this out.
Student Solutions
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."
Teachers' Resources
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 $16$?