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Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
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Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity
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Immerse your 2nd-grade students in a world of intrigue, mystery, and adventure with these connected addition, subtraction, and compare within 100 word problems involving length! In this building thinking classrooms style math task, your students have found a map to Captain Redbeard’s treasure! They will use the clues and the lengths on the included map to figure out which path to take to find the treasure!

This math task continues with thin-sliced questions based on the lengths they used before! Your students will start with double-digit addition without regrouping, then double-digit addition with regrouping, culminating in comparing problems about the different path lengths. 

Here’s what you’ll get:

  • 11 No Prep Google Slides and Powerpoint Task Launch Slides, Partner Expectations, Thin Slicing and Check Your Understanding slides


  • 1 PDF with

           - Step-by-step Task Directions

           - A recording sheet for the original task and thin-slicing questions

           - A color and black and white version of a treasure map with lengths

           - Three levels of check your understanding recording sheet


This task is perfect if you are just beginning to implement the Building Thinking Classrooms Framework. Even if you are unfamiliar with it, this immersive activity is a fantastic way to engage your 2nd-grade students in solving story problems involving lengths within 100 in a way they will love. It has detailed task directions, PowerPoint and Google Slide visual supports, and recording sheets!

What will this Building Thinking Classrooms style task help my students learn?

✅ Addition Within 100

✅ Subtraction Within 100

✅ Compare problems involving length

✅ Critical thinking

✅ Social skills and cooperative learning

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Addition Subtraction Compare Within 100 Word Problems Involving Length Activity

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11 slides + 10 pages
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Description

Immerse your 2nd-grade students in a world of intrigue, mystery, and adventure with these connected addition, subtraction, and compare within 100 word problems involving length! In this building thinking classrooms style math task, your students have found a map to Captain Redbeard’s treasure! They will use the clues and the lengths on the included map to figure out which path to take to find the treasure!

This math task continues with thin-sliced questions based on the lengths they used before! Your students will start with double-digit addition without regrouping, then double-digit addition with regrouping, culminating in comparing problems about the different path lengths. 

Here’s what you’ll get:

  • 11 No Prep Google Slides and Powerpoint Task Launch Slides, Partner Expectations, Thin Slicing and Check Your Understanding slides


  • 1 PDF with

           - Step-by-step Task Directions

           - A recording sheet for the original task and thin-slicing questions

           - A color and black and white version of a treasure map with lengths

           - Three levels of check your understanding recording sheet


This task is perfect if you are just beginning to implement the Building Thinking Classrooms Framework. Even if you are unfamiliar with it, this immersive activity is a fantastic way to engage your 2nd-grade students in solving story problems involving lengths within 100 in a way they will love. It has detailed task directions, PowerPoint and Google Slide visual supports, and recording sheets!

What will this Building Thinking Classrooms style task help my students learn?

✅ Addition Within 100

✅ Subtraction Within 100

✅ Compare problems involving length

✅ Critical thinking

✅ Social skills and cooperative learning

Teachers like YOU have said this about other BTC tasks!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“This is an excellent resource! My students were engaged in the tasks. It was great to see the different strategies students used to solve these tasks.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“This is great for my students. We love BTC and they loved these activities.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“My students loved this activity. I can’t wait to use it with my future students!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Building Thinking Classrooms is a great way to make math more interactive and for students to collaborate. These slides are a great launching point for students to begin from.”

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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as drawings of rulers) and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
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