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When reading a math word problem, your read the words, "ALTOGETHER"....You will likely use:
What is ADDITION!
James has 17 pencils and Roman has 14. How many more does James have?
How many more; and it means to subtract.
Bob has 15 fish. 8 are gold and the rest are black. How many are black?
What is SUBTRACTION
Roman wants to read 13 books this month. He has read 7. How many more does he have to read to reach his goal? To solve this one you would....
Subtract, 13-7
count on 7+ __=13
James collection has 6 more rocks than Brad's. Brad's has a 7 rocks . How many rocks does James' collection have?
What is 13 points.
When reading a math word problem, your read the words, "how many are left"....means you will be :
What is SUBTRACTING
James hit the ball 11 times. Roman hit the ball 8 times. How many times did the boys hit the ball in all?
What is " IN ALL " which means add!
Roman has a rock collection. He has 7 gray rocks, 5 white rocks and 2 black rocks. How many rocks does he have?
What is Addition
The key word "SOME MORE" like in this story: Roman has 3 cats. Some more cats showed up at his house! Now he has 7 cats. How many cats showed up at his house?
What is addition or subtraction. Both can be used!
Roman has 21 nails he has to hammer into the board. James has 16 to hammer into the board. How many more nails does Roman have to nail?
21-16 = OR 16+__ =21
the answer is 5 more nails.
When reading a math word problem, your read the words, "HOW MANY MORE/LESS?"....means you will solve using:
What is SUBTRACTION
Amber ran 9 miles. James ran four more miles than Amber. How many miles did they run altogether?
What is "ALTOGETHER which means addition.
Roman scored 10 points and James scored 8. How many points did they score total?
What is use addition
James' team has 5. They scored 7 more runs! How would you find the total # of points they have in the game? You would _____ 7 runs to the score.
What is ADD
What is 40 less than 70?
30!
70-40= 30