Name the Operation(s)
19 grapes were on the plate. My brother ate some now there are 10 on the plate. What operation would you use to find the answer.
Subtraction.
What is the problem asking you to find?
A teacher has 5 tables with 8 students at each table. She wants to know how many students are in the classroom.
Total number of students
Sophia has 11 more pennies than Alex. Alex has 6 pennies. How many does Sophia have?
Sophia has 17 pennies.
A school ordered 8 boxes of markers for classrooms. Each box contained 12 markers. Later, 15 extra markers were donated to the school. The principal wanted to know how many markers the school had altogether.
Answer: 8*12=96
96+15=111
True or False : sometimes a story problem can require 2 steps to solve.
TRUE
How many total students are there in 5 classrooms with 20 students each?
Multiplication
A farmer collects 15 baskets of apples with 24 apples in each basket. He then divides all the apples equally into crates. He wants to know how many crates he needs.
Answer: Number of crates
A classroom has 7 rows of desks. Each row has 5 desks. How many desks are there in total?
7 × 5 = 35 desks
Alex worked 40 hours a this week. He makes $7.25 per hour. He needs to purchase his own ticket and 4 more for his friends. The tickets cost $12.75. Does Alex have enough money?
Yes he does.
40x7.25=$290.00
5x$12.75=$63.75
Define the word "SUM"
A car traveled 55 miles per hour for 6 hours. How far did the car travel?
Multiplication
A factory produces 24 boxes per hour with 36 items in each box. After several hours, some items are shipped away. The remaining items are packed equally into trucks. They want to know how many items each truck gets.
Items per truck
A library has 145 books on one shelf and 238 books on another shelf. How many books are there in total?
145 + 238 = 383 books
A concert has 15 rows with 18 seats in each row. The seats are divided equally into 10 sections. How many seats are in each section?
15 × 18 = 270 seats
270 ÷ 10 = 27 seats per section
A shirt costs $40. It is on sale for 25% off. How much money is taken off the price?
25% of 40 = 0.25 × 40 = $10 discount
A warehouse has 25 shelves with 48 boxes on each shelf. After shipping 350 boxes, how many boxes remain?
Answer: ➜ Multiplication, then Subtraction
A circular fountain is being built in the center of a park. The fountain has a radius of 5 feet. Workers need to measure the distance around the outside edge of the fountain before placing decorative bricks.
What are they asking for you to find?
Circumference
A restaurant bill is $56. The customer leaves a 15% tip. How much is the tip?
0.15 × 56 = $8.40
There are 6 tables with 4 students sitting at each table. The teacher divides the students into groups of 3. How many groups are there?
6 × 4 = 24 students
24 ÷ 3 = 8 groups
A car uses 12 gallons of gas at $3.85 per gallon. How much does it cost?
Answer: $46.20
A restaurant served 185 meals on Friday and 214 meals on Saturday. If 57 meals were children's meals, what operation(s) would you use to find the number of adult meals served?
Answer: ➜ Addition, then Subtraction
A library receives 14 shipments of books with 38 books in each shipment. Some books are moved out, and the rest are placed equally on shelves. They want to know how many books are on each shelf.
Answer: Books per shelf
A store has 240 items in stock. 35% of the items are sold on Saturday, and the remaining items are put on clearance. How many items are put on clearance?
35% of 240 = 84 sold
240 − 84 = 156 items on clearance
A runner completed 8 laps around a track. Each lap was 1.75 miles long. She drank one bottle of water for every 2.8 miles she ran. How many bottles of water did she need?
What does quotient mean?
The answer to a division problem