Name that Sign!
Word problems
Add/Subtract Inverse
Multiply/Divide Inverse
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100

What operation uses the sign below?

a + b

Addition

100

What operation would you use to solve the following word problem?

Mrs.Turner has three cats and one dog, in total how many pets does she have?

Addition

100

What is the inverse?

6 + 7 = 13

13 - 7 = 6

100

What is the inverse?

2 x 3 = 6

6/3 = 2

100

What operation uses the sign below?

a * b

multiplication

200

What operation uses the sign below?

a - b

Subtraction


200

What operation would you use to solve the following word problem?

Sarah weighed her bag of Halloween candy which was 3.8 lbs, her brother John's weighed 4.2 lbs. What is the difference between John and Sarah's amount of candy?

Subtraction - Difference gives it away

200

What is the inverse?

13 - 3 = 10

10 + 3 = 13

200

What is the inverse?

45/9 = 5

5 x 9 = 45

200

What word tells you to use subtraction in the word problem?

Sarah made 15 tye die t-shirts, her friend Laura made 25 tye die t-shirts. What is the difference between the number of t-shirts Laura and Sarah made?

Difference - means subtraction

300

What operation uses the sign below?

a x b

Multiplication

300

What operation would you use to solve the following word problem?

James has 15 peaches, he gives away five to his friends. How many does James have now?

Subtraction - "gives away"

300

What is the inverse?

23 - 5 = 18

18 + 5 = 23

300

What is the inverse?

96/ 8 = 12

12 x 8 = 96

300

What word tells you to use division in the word problem below?

Mrs. Turner has 100 students, she divides them into groups of 5. How many groups will there be?

Divides - division

400

What operation uses the sign below?

a/b

Division

400

What operation would you use to solve the following word problem?

Mrs. Turner has a container of 60 pencils and she wants to divide it equally among her 12 students. How many pencils do each student get?

Division - Divide

400

What is the inverse?

102 - 52 = 50

50 + 52  = 102

400

What is the inverse?

42/7 = 6

6 x 7 = 42

400

What is the inverse?

216/12 = 18

18(12) = 216

500

What operation uses the sign below?

a(b)

Multiplication


500

What operation would you use to solve the following word problem?

Bozo has four bones, he has buried three times that amount in the backyard. How many bones has Bozo buried?

Multiplication - "three times"

500

What is the inverse?

943 + 7 = 950

950 - 7 = 943

500

What is the inverse?

8 (100) = 800

800/100 = 8

500

What is the inverse?

45(12) = 540

540/12 = 45