Instructions
Welcome to the Nail Salon! Help the nail artist solve these math problems to make sure every manicure is perfect. Read each question carefully and write your answer in the blank space.
Part 1: Polish Bottle Problems
Solve these addition and subtraction problems to count the nail polish!
- The salon has 32 bottles of pink polish and 15 bottles of purple polish. How many bottles is that in all?
32 + 15 = ______ - There were 58 cotton balls in a jar. The nail artist used 26 of them. How many are left?
58 - 26 = ______ - A customer has 75 cents. Her manicure costs 60 cents. How much change does she get back?
75 - 60 = ______ - One nail polish rack has 44 bottles. Another rack has 51 bottles. How many bottles are on both racks?
44 + 51 = ______ - There are 27 sparkly gems in one pot and 30 in another. How many gems are there altogether?
27 + 30 = ______ - A bottle holds 99 nail art stickers. If you use 45 of them, how many are left?
99 - 45 = ______
Part 2: Sparkly Gem Patterns
Fill in the missing numbers to complete the patterns.
- Count the nail polish drops by 2s!
10, 12, 14, ______, ______, 20 - Count the sparkly gems by 5s!
25, 30, ______, 40, ______, 50 - Count the cotton balls by 10s!
40, 50, ______, ______, 80, 90
Part 3: Manicure Story Problems
Read the stories and solve the problems.
- Ava wants to paint all 10 of her fingernails. She paints 6 nails with glitter polish. How many nails are left to paint?
Answer: ______ nails - A bottle of top coat costs 30 cents. A bottle of base coat costs 25 cents. How much do they cost together?
Answer: ______ cents - Mia puts 5 heart stickers on her thumb and 4 star stickers on her pointer finger. How many stickers did she use on the two fingers?
Answer: ______ stickers - A manicure takes 30 minutes. If you start at 2:00, what time will you be finished?
Answer: ______ - Ben has 18 nail files. He gives 7 of them to his friend. How many nail files does Ben have now?
Answer: ______ nail files - There are 3 nail artists working. Each artist helps 5 customers. How many customers did they help in all?
Answer: ______ customers
Answer Key
- 47
- 32
- 15
- 95
- 57
- 54
- 16, 18
- 35, 45
- 60, 70
- 4
- 55
- 9
- 2:30
- 11
- 15