Key Words
Addition/Subtraction No Regroup
Addition with Regroup
Subtraction with Regroup
Word Problems
100

Is it a key word for addition or subtraction?

"take away"

subtraction

100

957 + 22


979

100

88 + 66

154

100

200 - 128

72

100

Sally has 137 jelly beans and Jim has 142. What is the sum of both of their jelly beans?

279 jelly beans

200

Is it a key word for addition or subtraction?


"all together"

Addition

200

8,543 + 1,345

9,888

200

884 + 672

1,556

200

6,529 - 5,630

899

200

Julie bought a house for $5,807 and furnished it (bought furniture) for $3,440. How much did she spend in total?

$9,247

300

Is it a key word for addition or subtraction?

difference

subtraction

300

82,331 - 61,221

21,110

300

9,742 +3,669

13,411

300

65,229 - 9,965

55,264

300

West high school has played a total of 17,880 games, and lost 6,300 of them. How many have they won?

11,580 games

400

The key word: 

Sum 

is for what math operation?

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division

Addition

400

654,297 + 123,102

777,399

400

98,999+98,999

197,998

400

972,446 - 338,499

633,947

400

A school library has 3,730 books in French, 2,531 books in English, and 5,368 books in other languages. How many total books are in the library?

11,629 books

500

What operation belongs to this key word?

product

multiplication

500

1,498,997 - 387,886

1,111,111

500

999,999 + 111,111


1,111,110

500

1,111,110 - 111,111

999,999

500

Jerry's chicken farms has a flock of 227,982 chickens. Jerry sells 84,999 of them to Jackie's farm. How many chickens does Jerry have left?

142,983 chickens