What is the Clue Word?
Difference
What is the answer to a subtraction problem.
Product
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
Stacey and her two friends find 6 frogs. They want to split them equally. How many will they each have?
What is DIVISION?
Jordan brought home double the amount of candy as his little brother. His little brother brought home 32 pieces. How many pieces of candy did Jordan have?
32 x 2 = 74
Ginny paid $4 for a sandwich. She paid $0.95 for a piece of fruit. How much did Ginny pay for the meal?
4+.95 = $4.95
together
What is a key word that means to add?
how many more
What is a key word that means you need to subtract?
Brad scored 10 points and James scored 8 for their basketball team. How many points did they score for their team altogether?
What is ADDITON?
Adam scored 3 points at the hockey game. He scored 2 points last week, and 4 points the week before. How many points has he scored this season?
3+2+4=9
Kindra read 35 minutes on Monday after school. She read only 12 minutes on Tuesday. How many more minutes of reading did she do on Monday?
35-12=23
23 minutes
quotient
What is a key word that means to divide?
how much longer
What is a key word that means you should subtract?
Alice's cat is 12 inches long. Doug's dog is 19 inches long. How much longer is Alice's cat?
What is subtract?
There are 15 flowers shared equally among 3 vases. How many flowers are in each vase?
15/3=5
Craig has a twenty dollar bill. He buys six squirt guns for $2 each. How much money did Craig have left?
6x2 = 12
20-12 = 8
$8 left
double
What is a key word that means to multiply by 2?
increase
What is a key word that means that you should add?
Maddie has twice the number of soccer games this weekend as Jacky.
What is MULTIPLICATION
The temperature was 82 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday. Today, it is 65 degrees. How many degrees colder is it outside today?
82-65=17
Matthew and his brother Shawn played swimming-pool-basketball. Each basket was worth 3 points. Matthew scored 9 points. Shawn scored 6 points. What is the total number of baskets made during this game?
9/3 = 3 (Matthew)
6/3 = 2 (Shawn)
3+2=5
5 baskets
slit up equally
What is a key word that means to divide?
twice
What is a word that means that you should multiply by 2
Martin invited 3 friends to his birthday party. He had 24 pieces of candy to share equally. How many pieces did each kid get?
What is DIVIDE?
James had 6 more points than Brad. Brad had a 2 point. How many points did the boys have altogether?
(2+6) + 2 = 10
Maria invited 4 of her friends over for a water balloon fight in the backyard. At the start of the game, Maria gave each of her friends 2 water balloons. She had one water balloon for herself. How many water balloons did they have altogether?
4 x 2 + 1 = 9
9 balloons