Key Words
Which operation would you use if a word problem has "all together" in it?
addition
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
product
5 / 1 =
5
Ms. Boyle is baking cookies. She bakes 3 batches of sugar cookies. If each batch contains 12 cookies, how many cookies did she bake?
36 cookies
Area is the measurement of......
the space inside a shape
Which operation would you use if a word problem has "in all" in it?
addition
6x3=
8 / 2 =
4
Ethan is making snowballs for a snowball fight. He makes 72 snowballs! Then his little sister steals 37 of them. How many does he have left?
35 snowballs
What is the formula we use for area?
L x W
Which operation would you use if a word problem has "how many more" in it?
subtraction
4 x 9 =
36
What is the answer to a division problem called?
quotient
Aubrey hands out stickers to her friends. She has 35 stickers in all. How many stickers would each friend get if she split it amongst 5 friends?
7 stickers
If Alexa is painting a mural that has a side length of 2 feet and a width of 7 feet, how much area is she painting?
14 square feet
Which operation would you use if a word problem has "product" in it?
multiplication
12 x _____ = 60
Ms. Boyle was giving Starburst to her students. If she had 64 Starburst and wanted to split them evenly amongst 8 students, how many Starburst would each student get?
Savanah is making bracelets for end of the year presents. She has 89 beads, but then loses 8 of them. If each bracelet is made with 9 beads, how many bracelets can she make?
9 bracelets
Isaiah is making a skating rink. The skating rink is going to have equal sides of 9 feet. What is the area of the skating rink?
81 square feet
Which operation would you use if a word problem has "equal groups" or "share" in it?
division
______ x 7 = 49
7
72 / 8 =
9
Heath reads 25 pages of his book on Friday, 38 pages on Saturday, and 59 pages on Sunday. How many pages did he read in all?
122 pages
Hamza is shoveling driveways. If one driveway has an area of 96 feet, and he knows the length is 12, what is the width of the driveway?
8 feet