Name the opperation
You pay the cashier to buy items at the grocery store.
(How is the cost calculated?)
Addition
A vat of orange juice contains 135.73 gallons of juice, and there are 12.5 vats of orange juice in the factory,
(How many gallons of juice do they have?)
135.73 X 12.5
11.09 + 34.87
45.96
Three friends go out to lunch and receive a bill for $66.75. They decide to split the check evenly between themselves.
How much will each friend pay?
$22.25
A chef took scooped out 54.8 g of butter and then realized he took 6.3 g more than he needed.
How much butter did the chef need?
48.5 g
After being told your total, you give the clerk $20.00.
(How do they figure out your change?)
Subtraction
Mrs. Smith is making baby food for her grandson. She combines 0.13 oz. of carrots with 1.7 oz. of sweet potatoes.
(How much baby food did she make?)
0.13 + 1.7
1.956 + 32.8
34.756
Chloe picked 15 lbs. of strawberries on Saturday. Her mother's jam recipe calls for 0.5 lbs. of strawberries to fill the jar.
How many jars of jam can she make?
30 jars
Hellen sells lemonade for $5.99 per half a gallon. She sells 64.5 gallons this weekend.
How much did she profit?
$386.35
OR
$386.36
(Both acceptable answers)
You have a dozen packs of crayons, and every box has the same number of crayons.
(How would you calculate how many crayons you bought?)
Multiplication
After a hurricane, a local shelter took in 210 survivors. Each survivor costs $5.87 to feed. If the shelter gets a donation of $1,500.
Do they have enough to feed all their survivors?
1500 / 5.87
74.3 x 9.6
713.28
Alison plants a garden that is 12.8 feet long and 9.2 feet wide. She needs to till up the surface area of her garden to get ready for planting.
How many square feet of soil will she need to till her garden?
117.6 square feet
In the beginning of the season, farmer Brown had 15 rows of corn. By the end of the season, he had lost 4.25 rows to pests.
How many rows of Corn will farmer Brown be able to harvest?
10.75 rows
You take students on a field trip and each bus holds 40 students.
(How do you calculate how many buses are needed?)
Divide
Shelly has 87.32 lbs. of kale to sell at the farmer's market. She takes home 43.22 lbs. at the end of the day.
(How much kale did she sell?)
87.32 - 43.22
345.16 - 7.69
337.47
Christian ran 4.7 miles on Saturday and 13.2 miles on Sunday.
How much farther did he run on Sunday?
8.5 miles
Last year Toronto, Canada received 32.72 inches of rain, 47.83 inches of snowfall, and 5.9 inches of hail.
How much frozen precipitation did Toronto see last year?
53.73 inches
You are buying gas for your car. You intend to fill your tank with the maximum gallons it will hold. Gas is $$$ per gallon.
(How do you calculate the cost of gas?)
Multiplication
Julie works at a weather station in Idaho. In January she recorded the record temperature of 43.8* (degrees). In February she recorded the record temperature of 34.5*. In March she recorded the record temperature of 51.2*.
What is the difference between the highest and lowest record temprature?
51.2 - 34.5
616 / 19.25
32
Ryan purchased a new pair of shoes and a coat for $236.98. There is a $16.59 sales tax.
How much does Ryan have to pay the cashier?
$253.57
A special tub of ice cream contains about 374.4 oz. An average tub serves 96 scoops of ice cream.
How many ounces are in each scoop?
3.9 oz