Vocabulary
Choosing Operations
Identifying Operations
Problem Solving Strategies
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100
The answer to an addition problem is A. Product; B. Sum; C. Quotient; D. Adding
What is sum?
100
Stacy found 21 puzzles in her attic. If she wants to share the puzzles with her brother and sister, how many puzzles will each person get? A.Multiplication; B. Subtraction; C. Addition; D. Division
What is division?
100
Madeline had a package that contained 35 note cards. She used 16 cards. Which number sentence tells how many cards she has left? A. 35+16=51; B. 35X16=560; C. 35+16X2=102; D. 35-16=19
What is (D) 35-16=19?
100
Which strategy would be best to find how many handshakes 4 people would make if each person shook hands with 3 other people? A. Break it into parts; B. Guess and check; C. Make a graph; D. Draw a picture
What is Draw a picture?
100
Jake's family eats 3 to 5 boxes of cereal in a week. What is a reasonable amount of boxes they will eat in 5 weeks? A. 20 to 30; B. 15 to 25; C. 10 to 20; D. 30 to 40
What is 15 to 25?
200
The answer to a subtraction problem is A. Addition; B. Difference; C. Quotient; D. Sum
What is Difference?
200
Which of the following words would help you choose addition to solve a problem? A. Remaining; B. Share; C. In All; D. In each
What is "In all"?
200
Which of the following operations would you use to find out how many miles Caroline walked in a week if she walked 2 miles each day? A. 7:2; B. 2X7; C. 2+7; D. 7-2
What is (B) 2X7?
200
Jasmine's class needs $75.00 for its field trip. They earned $26.50 having a bake sale. They earned $31.00 having a car wash. How much more money does the class need? A. Make a table; B. Draw a picture; C. Work backwards; D. Guess and check
What is Work backwards?
200
Mitch has pizza for lunch 3 to 4 times a week. Which is a reasonable number of times for Mitch to have pizza in 10 weeks? A. Between 8 to 10 times; B. Between 50 to 60 times; C. Between 15 to 20 times; D. Between 30 to 40 times
What is Between 30 to 40 times?
300
The answer to a multiplication problem is A. Each; B. Sum; C. Difference; D. Product
What is Product?
300
Every Tuesday, Sophie sings 6 songs at the senior center near her home. How many songs will Sophie sing in 12 weeks? Which number sentence would help you solve the problem? A. 12-6=6; B. 12+6=18; C. 6X12=72; D. 12:6=2
What is 6 X 12 = 72?
300
There are 15 students in the 3rd grade. Frank bought 2 plates of cookies to share. There were 30 cookies on each plate. Which operations would you use to find how many cookies each student can have? A. Multiply, the divide; B. Divide, then subtract; C. Multiply, then subtract; D. Add, then multiply
What is Multiply, then divide?
300
Fiona had 5 customers on the 1st day and 10 customers on the 2nd day, and 15 on the third in her flower shop. What strategy would you use to find how many customers on the 10th day? A. Make a table; B. Draw a picture; C. Work backwards; D. Act it out
What is Make a table?
300
On Saturday, Dani and her family rode 11 miles on a bike path. On Sunday, the family rode 8 miles. Which statement shows about how many miles they rode in all? A. 20 + 10 = 30; B. 10 + 10 = 20; C. 10 + 0 = 10; D. 11 - 8 = 3
What is 10 + 10 = 20?
400
The answer to a division problem is A. Remaining; B. Sum; C. Product; D. Quotient
What is a quotient?
400
Which of the following operations would you use if a problem asked how many crayons were in 20 boxes if there are 15 crayons in one box? A. Addition; B. Division; C. Multiplication; D. Subtraction
What is Multiplication?
400
Sergi kept track of the number of books he read during the summer. He read 11 books in June, 15 in July, and 23 in August. How many books did he read in all during the summer? A. 26; B. 31; C. 4; D. 49
What is 49?
400
The first time Maggie played the computer game it took 20 minutes. The next time it took 17 minutes, and the 3rd time it took 14 minutes. Which strategy would you use to find how many minutes on the 4th try? A. Work backwards; B. Look for a pattern; C. Make a simpler problem; D. Act it out
What is Look for a pattern?
400
Round each number in this subtraction problem to the nearest 100: 672 - 486. Which number sentence would be the answer? A. 700-500; B. 600-500; C. 600-400; D. 700-400
What is 700-500?
500
The following problems are listed in the order of quotient, sum, difference, product. A. 5x2=10, 12:2=6, 6+5=11, 15-6=9; B. 30:5=6, 5+6=11, 12-6=6, 2x3=6; C. 30:5=6, 5+6=11, 2X3=6, 12-6=6
What is B?
500
Laurie's basketball coach told each player to shoot 100 baskets a week for 5 weeks. By the beginning of the 5th week, Laurie only had 34 more baskets to shoot. How many baskets has Laurie shot so far? Which of the following operations would help you solve the word problem? A. Addition, Subtraction; B. Multiplication, Addition; C. Multiplication, Subtraction; D. Division, Addition
What is Multipication and Subtraction (C)?
500
Gina is allowed to play computer games for no more than 20 hours per month. Which number sentence would tell how long she could play during one week? A. 20-4; B. 20X4; C. 20:4; D. 20+4-7
What is (C) 20:4?
500
Johnnie spent $5 on a book, $2.50 on a coke, and $1.75 on a bag of chips. If he got $1.25 in change, how much money did he have to begin with? A. Guess and check; B. Draw a picture; C. Work backwards; D. Make a table
What is work backwards?
500
Kara solved a subtraction problem by estimating. The estimated difference was 40. Which of the following problems could she have been estimating? A. 602-210; B. 62-21; C. 69-22; D. 71-22
What is 62-21?
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