If we needed to know the area of a rug, what would we need to find out? (What would we need to know about the rug?)
We need to know the length and width.
There are 96 crayons in a box. Isla takes 9 crayons. How many are left?
87 crayons
Brooke, Isla, Natalie and Maeve each brought 2 cookies for snack. How many cookies were there in all? (Write an equation with a question mark for the unknown.)
4 x 2 = ?
Dylan walked 3 miles. Then he walked another 4 miles. How many miles did he walk in all?
Addition
179 + 41 = ?
220
What is the area of a rectangle that is 2 inches wide and 3 inches long? (Remember units!)
6 square inches.
Leanna has 64 apples. She puts them into groups so that each of her 8 horses has apples. How many apples will each horse get? Write an equation as well as your answer.
64 (divided by) 8 = 8
8 X 8 = 64
8 apples
There are 9 boxes of crayons in the art room. Each box has a set of 5 crayons. How many crayons are there in all? (Write the equation with a question mark for the unknown.)
9 x 5 = ?
Maeve started with 80 marbles. She gave 22 to her little cousin. How many did she have left?
Subtraction
645 + 88 = ?
733
A student makes a decorative bookmark of size 3"× 8" for his teacher. Find the area of the bookmark.
24 square inches
The small movie theater had 9 rows. There were 8 seats in each row. How many seats were there in all?
72 seats
18 students were interested in playing basketball. Each team could have 6 players. How many teams could be made?
18 (divided by) 6 = ?
Each toy truck costs $4. How much do 9 toy trucks cost?
Multiplication
567 - 138 = ?
429
Avery put two rugs together to make a larger one. One rug was 2 feet by 4 feet. The other rug was 3 feet by 3 feet. What was the total area of the new rug?
17 square feet.
There are 48 frames on the wall. The frames were hung in 8 equal rows. How many frames were in each row?
6 frames in each row
Wyatt, Kaysen, and Trapper each spent the same amount of money at the Book Fair. They spent $21 in all. How much money did they each spend?
21 (divided by) 3 = ?
There were 54 llamas on a farm. Each barn had 9 stalls in which a single llama could spend the night. How many barns are needed for all the llamas?
Division
705 - 369 = ?
336
What is the area of a square that has a side of 4 feet?
16 square feet
Jeremiah made 10 shots in the basketball game. Kaysen made 8 shots. Each shot earned them two points. How many points did they score in all?
20 + 16 = 36 points
Some puppies signed up for the Puppy Bowl. They were placed on 8 teams with 4 puppies each. How many supplies had signed up?
? (divided by ) 8 = 4
8 X 4 = ?
Mrs. McFarland bought 7 6-packs of juice for her family reunion. How many juices did she buy in all?
Multiplication
401 - 99 = ?
302