Word Problems about Braxton
Braxton has 6 toy cars. He buys 4 more. How many does he have?
10 toy cars
Luke has 3 apples. He buys 2 more. How many apples does he have now?
5 apples
Which keyword tells you to add? ("sum" or "difference")
Sum
3 × 4 = ?
12
12 ÷ 3 = ?
4
Braxton bakes 20 cookies. He shares them evenly with 4 friends. How many cookies does each friend get?
5 cookies
Luke has 12 candies. He shares them equally with 3 friends. How many candies does each friend get?
4 candies
Which keyword tells you to subtract? ("take away" or "times")
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Take away
7 × 6 = ?
42
28 ÷ 7 = ?
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4
Braxton has 7 boxes. Each box has 5 pencils. How many pencils does he have in all?
35 pencils
Luke sees 5 rows of chairs. Each row has 8 chairs. How many chairs are there in total?
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40 chairs
Which keyword means the answer to a multiplication problem? ("product" or "combine")
Product
9 × 8 = ?
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72
56 ÷ 8 = ?
7
Braxton scored 18 points in a basketball game. Mr. Hicks scored 3 times as many. How many points did Mr. Hicks score?
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54 points
Luke read 15 pages on Monday and twice as many pages on Tuesday. How many pages did he read in total?
45 pages
Which keyword tells you to divide? ("share equally" or "together")
Share Equally
12 × 11 = ?
132
81 ÷ 9 = ?
9
Braxton bought 36 apples. He put them into bags of 6. How many bags does he need?
6 bags
Luke bought 4 packs of markers. Each pack has 9 markers. He gave 7 markers to his teacher. How many markers does he have left?
29 markers
If a word problem says "in all," which operation should you most likely use?
Addition
15 × 14 = ?
210
144 ÷ 12 = ?
12