C
Circle the important numbers and units
U
underline the question
B
Box the math action words
E
Evaluate and Eliminate
S
Solve
100
USING THE CUBES STRATEGY, WHAT WOULD YOU CIRCLE

The regular price of a calculator is $12.30. Warren paid 75¢ less than the regular price for the calculator. He also paid $1.48 for a pad of paper. What is the total amount Warren paid for these two items?

$12.30

0.75

$1.48

two
100

THERE ARE TWO STEPS TO ANSWER THE UNDERLINED QUESTION, THE FIRST STEP IS SHOWN BY WHICH EXPRESSION

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. How many piles of wood did Mr. Anderson make? 

A. 185 + 25

B. 185/40

C. 185-25

D. 185-40


What is C

185-25

100

Name the operation based on the math key/action words.

Anthony has a goal of saving $96.20. He will save the [same amount] [each] week for 13 weeks. How much will Anthony need to save [each] week in order to meet his goal?

What is DIVISION

$96.20 div 13 = $7.40



100

EVALUATE THE FOLLOWING

Denise spent ($3.45) on snacks every day for (11) days. What is the [total] amount of money Denise spent on these snacks?

What is $37.95

3.45 x 11

100
A rope was 14.35 inches long. Megan cut the rope into 7 pieces of equal length. What was the length of each piece of rope in inches?
What is 2.05 inches
200

WRITE AN EXPRESSION OR EQUATION WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WILL SOLVE THIS WORD PROBLEM

Scott drank 3.5 bottles of water yesterday. Each bottle contained 1.2 pints of water. What was the total number of pints of water Scott drank yesterday?

3.5 X 1.2

3.5 X 1.2 = 4.2

200

THE UNDERLINED QUESTION WANTS YOU TO USE THIS OPERATION LAST?

On Thursday the Meat King Market sold 210 pounds of ground beef. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more meat did they sell on Friday than Saturday?

What is SUBTRACTION

THURSDAY=210 pounds

FRIDAY=210 x 2=420 pounds

SATURDAY = 130 pounds

to answer the question, you must subtract Saturday's meat from Friday's

420-130=290 more meat on Saturday

200

Name the operation based on the math key/action words.

Tara has a box of (1,095) beads for making bracelets. She wants to put (15) beads on [each] bracelet she makes. What is the greatest number of bracelets Tara can make with these beads?

What is DIVISION

1095 div 15=73

200

WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE ELIMINATED

Mr.Márquez had 123 eggs in a refrigerator in his restaurant. He has 14 eggs in his refrigerator at home. He put 32 more cartons of eggs in the restaurant refrigerator. Each carton contained 18 eggs. What is the number of eggs Mr. Márquez now has in his restaurant refrigerator?

"He has 14 eggs in his refrigerator at home"

200

A company makes 625 cell phone cases each day. How many cell phone cases does the company make in 31 days?

What is 19,375

300

THE EXPRESSION FOR THE FIRST STEP OF THIS PROBLEM CAN BE WRITTEN HOW?

Freddy exercised 2.5 hours per day on 4 days last week. He burned 330 calories per hour while exercising. How many calories did Freddy burn by exercising last week?

2.5 X 4

300

THE UNDERLINED QUESTION IS BEST ANSWERED BY DOING WHAT OPERATIONS

Harvey wants to buy a gift for his father that costs $35.92 and a gift for his sister that costs $52.08. He has saved $16.28. How much more does he need to save in order to buy the gifts?

What is ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

300

Name the operations based on the math key/action words.

Faith had ($100). She went to the grocery store and bought (three) gallons of ice cream for ($7.29) [per] gallon. Then she went to the farmer's market and bought (two)( dozen) ears of corn for ($5) [per] (dozen). How much money did Faith have [left?]

What are multiplication or addition, and subtraction

multiplication [per]

$7.29 x 3 = $21.87

$5 x 2 = $10

subtraction [left]

$100 - $31.87 = $68.13

300

WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE ELIMINATED

Grace started her own landscaping business. She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawns and $11 for pulling weeds. In September she mowed lawns for 63 hours and pulled weeds for 9 hours. How much money did she earn in September from pulling weeds?

She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawn 

and

she mowed lawns for 63 hours

300
William has a lemonade stand. Today he made $17.55 in lemonade sales and one third that amount in cookie sales. How much money did William make altogether?
What is $23.40
400

CHOOSE WHICH EXPRESSION WOULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

Freddy exercised 2.5 hours per day on 4 days last week. He burned 330 calories per hour while exercising. How many calories did Freddy burn by exercising last week?

A. (2.5 X 4) X 330=3300

B. (2.5+330) X 4 = 1330

C. (330 X 4) +2.5 = 1322.5

A. (2.5 X 4) X 330=3300

400

THE UNDERLINED QUESTION IS BEST ANSWERED BY WHICH EXPRESSION

Brayden and Gavin were playing touch football against Cole and Freddy. Touchdowns were worth 7 points. Brayden and Gavin scored 7 touchdowns. Cole and Freddy's team scored 9 touchdowns. How many more points did Cole and Freddy have than Brayden and Gavin?

A. 14 + 9 = 23

B. (9 X 7) - (7 X 7) = 14

C. (9 x 7) + (7 x 7) = 112

B (9 X 7) - (7 X 7) = 14 

400

The operation this word problem needs

The library is being relocated. The librarians are busy organizing the books. (Three) boxes filled with fiction books and (two) boxes filled with reference books were just delivered. If each box is filled with (120) books, how many [total] fiction books are there?

What is multiplication or addition

120 + 120 + 120 = 360 fiction books

or

120 x 3 = 360 fiction books


400

WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE ELIMINATED


Ann is baking cookies. She bakes three dozen oatmeal raisin cookies, two dozen sugar cookies, and four dozen chocolate chip cookies. Ann gives away two dozen oatmeal raisin cookies, 1.5 dozen sugar cookies, and 2.5 dozen chocolate chip cookies. How many more oatmeal cookies than sugar cookies does she have left?

anything about the chocolate chip cookies

400
Last month Jim drove his car 2,718.3 miles. That brought the car’s total mileage to 87,416 miles. What was the car’s total mileage before last month?
What is 84697.7 miles
500

Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?

TRUE OR FALSE, THE 7 IN THE WORD PROBLEM IS NOT NEEDED TO SOLVE IT.

FALSE

You need to first know how many yards are needed for just 1 quilt. To find that you must divide 21 by 7 which is 3.  Now that you know 3 yards of material are needed for 1 quilt, you can multiply that by the number of quilts you want to make (12)

12 x 3 = 36 yards of material

500

THERE ARE TWO STEPS TO ANSWER THE UNDERLINED QUESTION, THE SECOND STEP IS SHOWN BY WHICH EXPRESSION

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. How many piles of wood did Mr. Anderson make? 

A.  

160 div 40

B. 160 - 40

C. 185-25

D. 185-40


What is 

A.  

160 div 40

500

Name the operation needed to solve this based on the boxed math action words.

Raymond used (42) cubes to build the (first) layer of a rectangular prism. The edge length of each cube was (1) inch. The finished prism had a [total] of (7) layers. What is the [volume] of Raymond’s prism in cubic inches?

What is MULTIPLICATION

volume is length x width x height

volume=1 x 42 x 7 = 294 cubic inches

500
WHICH QUESTION BELOW WOULD NOT HELP ME EVALUATE THIS WORD PROBLEM


The lengths of two insects are given below. • Ladybug: 10 millimeters • Walking stick: 30 centimeters What is the difference in length of these two insects in millimeters?

a. How many legs does a lady bug have compared to a walking stick?

b. How do I convert centimeters to millimeters?

c. How do I convert millimeters to centimeters?

d. Which insect is bigger?

a. how many legs does a lady bug have compared to a walking stick?

500
The table shows the population of three Texas counties. The population of Gray County is missing. Population: County Population Anderson 58,308 Dallas 2,416,014 Brazos 197,632 Gray The population of Gray County is 35,553 less than the population of Anderson County. What is the combined population of these four counties?
What is Gray County is 22,775, so the combined population is 2,694,729