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Circle the important numbers and units
Circle the important numbers and units
The regular price of a calculator is $12.30. Warren paid 75¢ less than the regular price for the calculator. He also paid $1.48 for a pad of paper. What is the total amount Warren paid for these two items?
$12.30
0.75$1.48
twoTHERE ARE TWO STEPS TO ANSWER THE UNDERLINED QUESTION, THE FIRST STEP IS SHOWN BY WHICH EXPRESSION
Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. How many piles of wood did Mr. Anderson make?
A. 185 + 25
B. 185/40
C. 185-25
D. 185-40
What is C
185-25
Name the operation based on the math key/action words.
Anthony has a goal of saving $96.20. He will save the [same amount] [each] week for 13 weeks. How much will Anthony need to save [each] week in order to meet his goal?
What is DIVISION
$96.20 div 13 = $7.40
EVALUATE THE FOLLOWING
Denise spent ($3.45) on snacks every day for (11) days. What is the [total] amount of money Denise spent on these snacks?
What is $37.95
3.45 x 11
WRITE AN EXPRESSION OR EQUATION WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WILL SOLVE THIS WORD PROBLEM
Scott drank 3.5 bottles of water yesterday. Each bottle contained 1.2 pints of water. What was the total number of pints of water Scott drank yesterday?
3.5 X 1.2
3.5 X 1.2 = 4.2
THE UNDERLINED QUESTION WANTS YOU TO USE THIS OPERATION LAST?
On Thursday the Meat King Market sold 210 pounds of ground beef. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more meat did they sell on Friday than Saturday?
What is SUBTRACTION
THURSDAY=210 pounds
FRIDAY=210 x 2=420 pounds
SATURDAY = 130 pounds
to answer the question, you must subtract Saturday's meat from Friday's
420-130=290 more meat on Saturday
Name the operation based on the math key/action words.
Tara has a box of (1,095) beads for making bracelets. She wants to put (15) beads on [each] bracelet she makes. What is the greatest number of bracelets Tara can make with these beads?
What is DIVISION
1095 div 15=73
WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE ELIMINATED
Mr.Márquez had 123 eggs in a refrigerator in his restaurant. He has 14 eggs in his refrigerator at home. He put 32 more cartons of eggs in the restaurant refrigerator. Each carton contained 18 eggs. What is the number of eggs Mr. Márquez now has in his restaurant refrigerator?
"He has 14 eggs in his refrigerator at home"
A company makes 625 cell phone cases each day. How many cell phone cases does the company make in 31 days?
What is 19,375
THE EXPRESSION FOR THE FIRST STEP OF THIS PROBLEM CAN BE WRITTEN HOW?
Freddy exercised 2.5 hours per day on 4 days last week. He burned 330 calories per hour while exercising. How many calories did Freddy burn by exercising last week?
2.5 X 4
THE UNDERLINED QUESTION IS BEST ANSWERED BY DOING WHAT OPERATIONS
Harvey wants to buy a gift for his father that costs $35.92 and a gift for his sister that costs $52.08. He has saved $16.28. How much more does he need to save in order to buy the gifts?
What is ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION
Name the operations based on the math key/action words.
Faith had ($100). She went to the grocery store and bought (three) gallons of ice cream for ($7.29) [per] gallon. Then she went to the farmer's market and bought (two)( dozen) ears of corn for ($5) [per] (dozen). How much money did Faith have [left?]
What are multiplication or addition, and subtraction
multiplication [per]
$7.29 x 3 = $21.87
$5 x 2 = $10
subtraction [left]
$100 - $31.87 = $68.13
WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE ELIMINATED
Grace started her own landscaping business. She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawns and $11 for pulling weeds. In September she mowed lawns for 63 hours and pulled weeds for 9 hours. How much money did she earn in September from pulling weeds?
She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawn
and
she mowed lawns for 63 hours
CHOOSE WHICH EXPRESSION WOULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
Freddy exercised 2.5 hours per day on 4 days last week. He burned 330 calories per hour while exercising. How many calories did Freddy burn by exercising last week?
A. (2.5 X 4) X 330=3300B. (2.5+330) X 4 = 1330
C. (330 X 4) +2.5 = 1322.5
A. (2.5 X 4) X 330=3300
THE UNDERLINED QUESTION IS BEST ANSWERED BY WHICH EXPRESSION
Brayden and Gavin were playing touch football against Cole and Freddy. Touchdowns were worth 7 points. Brayden and Gavin scored 7 touchdowns. Cole and Freddy's team scored 9 touchdowns. How many more points did Cole and Freddy have than Brayden and Gavin?
A. 14 + 9 = 23
B. (9 X 7) - (7 X 7) = 14
C. (9 x 7) + (7 x 7) = 112
B (9 X 7) - (7 X 7) = 14
The operation this word problem needs
The library is being relocated. The librarians are busy organizing the books. (Three) boxes filled with fiction books and (two) boxes filled with reference books were just delivered. If each box is filled with (120) books, how many [total] fiction books are there?
What is multiplication or addition
120 + 120 + 120 = 360 fiction books
or
120 x 3 = 360 fiction books
WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE ELIMINATED
Ann is baking cookies. She bakes three dozen oatmeal raisin cookies, two dozen sugar cookies, and four dozen chocolate chip cookies. Ann gives away two dozen oatmeal raisin cookies, 1.5 dozen sugar cookies, and 2.5 dozen chocolate chip cookies. How many more oatmeal cookies than sugar cookies does she have left?
anything about the chocolate chip cookies
Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?
TRUE OR FALSE, THE 7 IN THE WORD PROBLEM IS NOT NEEDED TO SOLVE IT.
FALSE
You need to first know how many yards are needed for just 1 quilt. To find that you must divide 21 by 7 which is 3. Now that you know 3 yards of material are needed for 1 quilt, you can multiply that by the number of quilts you want to make (12)
12 x 3 = 36 yards of material
THERE ARE TWO STEPS TO ANSWER THE UNDERLINED QUESTION, THE SECOND STEP IS SHOWN BY WHICH EXPRESSION
Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. How many piles of wood did Mr. Anderson make?
A.
160 div 40
B. 160 - 40
C. 185-25
D. 185-40
What is
A.
160 div 40
Name the operation needed to solve this based on the boxed math action words.
Raymond used (42) cubes to build the (first) layer of a rectangular prism. The edge length of each cube was (1) inch. The finished prism had a [total] of (7) layers. What is the [volume] of Raymond’s prism in cubic inches?
What is MULTIPLICATION
volume is length x width x height
volume=1 x 42 x 7 = 294 cubic inches
The lengths of two insects are given below. • Ladybug: 10 millimeters • Walking stick: 30 centimeters What is the difference in length of these two insects in millimeters?
a. How many legs does a lady bug have compared to a walking stick?
b. How do I convert centimeters to millimeters?
c. How do I convert millimeters to centimeters?d. Which insect is bigger?
a. how many legs does a lady bug have compared to a walking stick?