Math Operation Word Problems

Whats the Operation

100

Aimee had 5 apples and picked 2 more. What math operation would we use to solve this word problem? 

Addition (+)

200

Ricky had 10 pencils and loses 6 of them. What math operation would we use to solve this problem? 

Subtraction (-) 

300

There are 20 oranges in a box. There are 5 boxes. What math operation would we use to solve how many oranges total there are? 

Multiplication (x) 

400

Each student has 30 candies. There are 12 total students. What math operation would we use to solve how many candies all the students had in total? 

Multiplication (x) 

500

Stephen is inviting 3 friends over for a party. He has 6 cookies. What math operation would we use to solve how many cookies each friend gets? 

Division (/) 

Addition

100

Lala has 7 marbles and Rex gave her 5 more. How many marbles does Lala have now? 

12

200

Orion had 10 pumpkin pies and Susie brought over 12 pecan pies. How many pies are there in total? 

22

300

If there are 4 crayons in a box and Scotty puts 9 more crayons into the box. How many crayons are now in the box? 

13

400

Michael has a collection of 45 sneakers. On his birthday, his friends got him 14 more sneakers for his collection. How many sneakers does Michael have now? 

59

500

Carlitos had 5 grapes for breakfast. 2 grapes during lunch and then 10 more during dinner. How many grapes did Carlitos eat during the day? 

17 

Subtraction

100

Tony had 12 slices of pizza and his friend ate 2 slices. How many slices does Tony have left? 

10 

200

May has $25.00 and spent $14.00 at the store. How much money does May have left over? 

$11.00

300

Coach Mike had 36 basketballs and gave out 13 basketballs during recess. How many basketballs did Coach Mike have left? 

23 basketballs. 

400

Jim had $76.00 and spent $43.00 at the skate shop. How much money did Jim have left over?  

$33.00

500

Yasmine got $35.00 for allowance. She spent $5.00 at the candy store and then spent $10.00 at the clothing store. How much money did Yasmine have left after her shopping spree? 

$20.00 

Multiplication

100

Jamie has 2 boxes of markers. Each box has 3 markers inside. How many markers does Jamie have in total? 

Array: 

X X X

X X X

6

200

Angela has 3 boxes of sweaters. Each box has 5 sweaters inside. How many sweaters does Angela have in total? 

Array: 

X X X X X 

X X X X X 

X X X X X 

15 

300

3 people are playing cards. Each person has 4 cards in their hand. How many cards are all the players holding? 

Array: 

X X X X

X X X X 

X X X X 

12 cards. 

400

Sam and Dean have 3 boxes of flashlights. Each box has 6 flashlights inside. How many flashlights does Sam and Dean have? 

Array: 

X X X X X X 

X X X X X X 

X X X X X X 

18 

500

There are 6 jars on the table. Each jar has 8 marbles inside. How many marbles are there in total? 

Array: 

X X X X X X X X            X X X X X X X X 

X X X X X X X X            X X X X X X X X 

X X X X X X X X            X X X X X X X X 

48 marbles. 

Division

100

1. Marbles: Tom has 48 marbles that he wants to share equally with his 6 friends. How many marbles does each friend get?

48 ÷ 6 = 8

200

• Stickers: A teacher has 90 stickers to give to her students. If she gives 9 stickers to each student, how many students are in the class?

90 ÷ 9 = 10

300

• Apples: A farmer picked 63 apples and wants to put them into bags. If each bag holds 7 apples, how many bags does he need?

63 ÷ 7 = 9

400

• Crayons: Sarah is organizing her 52 crayons into boxes. Each box can hold 4 crayons. How many boxes will she need to store all the crayons?

52 ÷ 4 = 13

500

• Beads: A jewelry maker has 75 beads and uses 5 beads for each bracelet she makes. How many bracelets can she make in total?

75 ÷ 5 = 15