Word Problems
Adena reads her book for 27 minutes every single day. How many minutes does she read her book in 5 days?
135 minutes.
17 x 10
170
This property says that any number plus zero equals that same number.
The Identity Property of Addition
1,264 + 926 = ?
2,190
6 x 8
48
Maccabee builds 7 lego houses using 105 legos. Assuming he used the same number of legos for each house, how many legos did he use for each house?
15 legos.
90 x 100
9,000
This property says that any number plus its negative/inverse equals zero.
The Inverse Property of Addition.
1,364 - 271 = ?
1,093
7 x 9
63
Adena needs to complete 300 minutes of Aleks in 5 days. If she wants to do the same number of minutes each day, how many minutes should she do?
60 minutes per day.
18 x 20
360
This property says the order in which you add numbers together does not matter.
Commutative Property of Addition
1,494 + 1,271 = ?
2,765
72 divided by 8
It's pizza night with the Franklin family! If the family works together to bake 6 pizzas and divides each one into 8 slices, how many slices does each person get?
12 slices each. Yum!
14 x 300
4,200
This property states that the way you group numbers together does not affect their sum.
The Associative Property of Addition
17,589 + 14,362 = ?
31,951
12 x 9
108
Ms. Bennett makes multiplication flash cards for Adena. If she makes 12 sets of 12 cards, how many flash cards does she make?
144 flash cards.
40 x 500
20,000
Which property tells you the following is true:
4 + (3 + 2) = (4 + 3) + 2
The Associative Property of Addition.
23,987 - 14,521 = ?
9,466
132 divided by 11
12