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Sally has 4 pieces of candy. Jack gives her 2 more. How many pieces of candy does Sally have now?
6 pieces of candy.
Jane has 4 pieces of candy. She gives 2 pieces to Sarah. Then, Jack gives Jane 5 more pieces. How many pieces of candy does Jane have?
Jane has 7 pieces of candy.
Emma bought a toy for $12 and a book for $8.
How much money did she spend in all?
$20
6 take away 4
2
What does the word "difference" mean in a word problem?
Subtraction
What is the difference between 10 slices of pizza and 6 slices of pizza?
4 slices of pizza.
Maya had 25 pencils. She bought 18 more pencils at the store. Later, she gave 12 pencils to her friends.
How many pencils does Maya have now?
31 pencils
Carlos had $45. He spent $18 on a video game.
How much money does he have left?
$27
The sum of 5 and 3
8
If a word problem says "in all" or "altogether," which operation should you use?
Addition
If Jaxon has 15 cookies, and he gives his sister 10 of them, how many cookies does Jaxon have now?
5 cookies.
Liam found 12 seashells on the beach. His sister found 8 more seashells. Then they put their seashells into bags with 5 shells in each bag. How many bags of seashells did they make?
4 bags
A pack of gum costs $2. David bought 6 packs.
How much did he spend altogether?
$12
3 groups of 10
30
When a problem asks how many are in "groups of," which operation do you probably need?
Multiplication
There are 150 students riding a bus. Each bus can hold 50 students. How many busses will be able to take all of the students?
3 busses.
A school library had 150 books. 35 books were checked out by students. The librarian put the remaining books onto shelves with 5 books on each shelf. How many shelves were filled?
23 shelves
Sara has $36. She wants to split the money equally between her 4 friends. How much money will each friend get?
$9 per friend
15 split 5 ways
3
If a problem says "split equally" or "shared between," which operation should you use?
Division
There are 5 packs of pencils that have 12 pencils in each pack. How many pencils are there in all 5 packs?
60 pencils.
A farmer picked 24 baskets of apples. Each basket held 16 apples. Then, he sold 200 apples at the market. How many apples does the farmer have left?
184 apples
One ticket to the carnival costs $7. A family buys 5 tickets. How much do they spend in total?
$35
16 into equal groups of 4
4
What does the word "sum" mean?
Addition