Steps
What is the first step of the the cubes strategy
Circle all numbers!
What operation does this word signal.
Difference
Subtraction
A restaurant served 3 salads during lunch and 8 during dinner today. How many salads were served today ?
11 salads
Keith was at the beach for five days and found 7 seashells every day. How many seashells did Keith find during the beach trip ?
35 seashells
When you get to the last step of CUBES, solve, what is it important that you don't forget to do?
LABEL
If I have already underlined the question what do I do next?
Box math words!
More Than
Addition
Mike decided to sell all of his old books. He gathered up 43 books to sell. He sold 17 books in a yard sale. How many books does Mike now have ?
26 books
There were a total of 6 soccer games a month.
The season is played for 4 months. How many soccer games are in the seasons ?
24 games
What is the response to "and a hush fell over the crowd"
Hushhhhhhhh!
What does the S in the CUBES strategy stand for?
Solve
Double
multiplication
There are 40 popular trees currently in the park. Park workers had to cut down 23 popular trees that were damaged. How many popular trees will be
in the park when the workers are finished ?
17 popular trees
Tim has 12 blue balloons. He wants to give his six friends the same number of blue balloons, how many will each friend get ?
2 balloons
Peter made 3 different stacks of wooden blocks. The first stack was 7 blocks high, the second stack was 3 block(s) higher than the first, and the final stack was 7 block(s) higher than the second. In total, how many blocks did Peter use for all 3 stacks?
34 blocks
What words should I box in this problem?
Jess had 200 lion stickers. Jess gave 57 stickers to Mike, 56 stickers to her sister and an additional 36 stickers to Mary. How many stickers does Jess still have?
gave,additional
Split up
division
John wants 108 cupcakes for his party. John has already made 24 berry cupcakes, and 36 cocoa cupcakes. How many more cupcakes does John need to make?
48 cupcakes
Fred worked 10 hours in the last five days. Assuming that he worked the same amount of hours each day, how long did he work each day ?
2 hours
When do we pick up our Booyah?
After I turn in my homework
What is the other important thing I must do after I box important math words?
Decide which operation to use
per
Division
Keith likes to collect coins. Keith got 19 coins from his brother, 26 coins from his mother, as well as 20 coins from Benny. However, Keith lost 23 coins before putting those coins into his piggybank. How many coins does Keith have in his piggybank?
42 Coins
Jessica worked 25 hours in the last five days. Assuming that she worked the same amount of hours each day, how long did she work each day ?
5 hours
For lunch, Fred bought a glass of milk for $1.60, a salmon sandwich for $4.20, as well as some cookies for $3.10. The tax came out to $1.10, and Fred paid with $16.00. How much change should Fred receive?
$6.00