Clue Words
If a student donates 12 books, what does donates mean?
Subtracts 12 books
Mia has 24 stickers and receives 15 more. Which operation finds how many she has now?
Addition (+)
Noah has 38 pencils and receives 17 more. Write an equation to find his total pencils.
38 + 17 = ?
47 + 28 = ?
75
___ − 17 = 28
45
A store has 35 shirts remaining. What does remaining mean?
The number of shirts left
A store has 85 water bottles and sells 37. Which operation finds how many remain?
Subtraction (−)
A school has 92 chairs and moves 36 to another room. Write an equation to find how many remain.
92 − 36 = ?
93 − 57 = ?
36
18 + ___ = 25
7
A teacher distributes 48 pencils equally among 6 tables. What does distributes equally mean?
Divides the pencils into equal groups
Seven classrooms each receive 18 notebooks. Which operation finds the total notebooks?
Multiplication (×)
A store receives 9 boxes with 14 notebooks in each box. Write an equation for the total notebooks.
9 × 14 = ?
8 × 7 = ?
56
8 × ___ = 56
7
A fundraiser earned $125 but spent $45 on supplies. What do earned and spent tell you happened to the money?
They started with $125, then subtracted $45
A teacher packs 96 pencils equally into 8 boxes. Which operation finds how many pencils go in each box?
Division (÷)
A teacher distributes 84 markers equally among 7 groups. Write an equation for how many each group receives.
84 ÷ 7 = ?
108 ÷ 9 = ?
12
72 ÷ ___ = 9
8
A store sold 28 shirts Monday and 36 Tuesday. Why would you ADD even though the word sold often suggests subtraction?
Because "and" means you need to add
A store buys 6 boxes of 24 markers and then sells 35 markers. Which TWO operations find how many markers remain?
Multiplication (x), then subtraction (-)
A school buys 5 packs of 24 pencils and gives away 37. Write an equation to find how many pencils they started with.
5 x 24 = ?
(9 × 8) − 37 = ?
35
500 = 5 x _____
100