Vocabulary/Formulas
Word Problems
Area Models
Division
Surprise
100

What does the word "Sum" mean?

An answer to an addition problem

100
Hamlin bought 6 boxes of straws for his new soda shop. If each box has 58 straws in it, how many straws does he have now?

348

100

Solve using an area model

5 x 434

2,170

100

Divide

864 / 2

432

100

Solve! 

5 x 783

3,915

200

What does it mean to find the "difference" of two numbers?

Subtract

200

Gerald's grandma is ten times as old as Gerald. If Gerald just had a birthday and turned 8, how old is his grandma?

His grandma is 80 years old. 

200

Solve using an area model

32 x 15

480

200

Divide 

843 / 3

281

200

How many weeks are in one year? 

Are there any remaining days?

There are 365 days in one year. 

52 weeks

yes, 1 day unless there is a leap year! then there are 2 left over days!

300

What does quotient mean? 

What does the remainder represent?

Quotient: the answer to a division problem

Remainder: the amount left over after creating equal groups. (or something similar)

300

Lucy has 12 pairs of shoes, Tasha has 34 pairs of shoes, and Jordan has 4 times as many pairs as Lucy and Tasha combined. 

How many more shoes does Jordan have than Tasha?

Jordan has 150 more pairs of shoes than Tasha. She has a shoe shopping problem. 

300

Solve using an area model

9 x 471

4,239

300

Divide

3,129 / 2

1,564 r 1

300

Graham has a garden that has 12 rows with 26 plants in each. How many plants does he have to water?

312 plants! 

400

What does the word "Product" mean?

The answer to a multiplication problem

400

Steven and Derrick went to the movies. The movie they went to see was 187 minutes long. Every 3 minutes Steven ate a handful of popcorn. How many handfuls of popcorn will Steven eat during the movie? If the popcorn bucket has about 65 handfuls of popcorn, how many handfuls will Derrick get?

Steven will eat about 62 handfuls and Derrick will get about 3 handfuls leftover. 

400

Solve using an area model

47 x 23

1,081

400

Divide

1,592 / 5

318 r 2

400

What is the state capitol of Idaho?

Boise!

500

How do you find the perimeter?

How do you find the area?

P= s+s+s+s or add all the sides together

A= length x width 

500

Lisa has 10 times as many jelly beans as Sean. Issabell has 143 jelly beans. Marcus has 734 jelly beans, and Sean has 25 jelly beans. How many jelly beans do they have in all? 

They also want to put their jellybeans into plastic eggs, if they put 9 jelly beans in each egg, how many eggs will they need?

They will have 1,152 jelly beans in total. 

They will need 128 plastic eggs. 

500

Solve using an area model

83 x 36

2,988

500

Divide 

6,367 / 7 

909 r 4

500

What is Utah's state flower?

Sego Lilly!

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