Word Problems and Problem Solving
This is the acronym you use to remember the order of operations and their meanings.
What is PEMDAS - parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction?
This is how you find the perimeter of something.
What is add all of the sides?
This is the answer to 0.5 x 8.2.
What is 4.1?
These are the measures of center.
What are mean, median, mode, and range?
This is the 6th term in the pattern 5, 10, 20, 40 ...
Kristin rides her bike for 15 minutes, runs for 25 minutes, and walks for 20 minutes each day. This is how many total minutes will Kristin ride her bike and walk in 7 days?
What is 315 minutes?
This is the most appropriate measure for filling a swimming pool with water.
What is volume?
This is the quotient of 1.6 divided by 4.
What is 0.4?
This is the range of this data set of quiz grades.
78, 74, 58, 78, 98, 84, 82, 86, 94, 88, 94
What is 40?
This is the word that describes "p" in the expression 9p.
What is a variable?
Students are attending a summer camp. Students must sign up for a canoe class or a hiking class on the second day of camp.
● There are 126 students at the summer camp.
● There are 84 students going hiking.
● The students taking the canoe class will be put into 14 equal groups.
This is how many students will be in each group in the canoe class?
What is 3 students per class?
This is a situation where you would need to find area.
answers will vary
This is the sum of 5/8 and 3/4.
This is the median of this data set of quiz grades.
78, 74, 58, 78, 98, 84, 82, 86, 94, 88, 94
What is 84?
Michael mows lawns in his town. He earns $10.00 per yard he mows. Last week he earned $160.00. This is was x means in the equation 10x=$160.
What is the number of lawns he mows?
This is the answer to 3(6+8) + 3 x 42 =.
What is 168?
This is the perimeter and are of a rectangle with a length of 15cm and width of 7cm.
What is p=44cm
and a=105cm2?
This is the difference between 3 and 9/10 - 1 and 3/4.
What is 2 and 3/20?
This is the mean of this data set of quiz grades.
78, 74, 58, 78, 98, 84, 82, 86, 94, 88, 94
What is 83.09?
Tina wants to sell 30 items for the fundraiser. She knows that she has 5 days left to sell. This is an equation to
find how many items she must sell per day in order to reach her goal.
What is 30/5=?
Each of the 148 students in a school band raised $61 for their school band program. This is about how much money in total did the students raise? Explain your answer.
What is around $9000?
This is the area of a triangle with sides that measure 3in and 8in.
What is 12in2?
These are the the following numbers from least to greatest:
12/5 3 and 1/3 3 and 1/8 3.09
What is 12/5 3.09 3 and 1/8 3 and 1/3?
This is the mode of this data set of quiz grades.
78, 74, 58, 78, 98, 84, 82, 86, 94, 88, 94
What is 78 and 94?
This is an equation to represent the unknown quantity. Bella brought stickers to school to give to 12 of her friends. Each friend received 4 stickers. How many stickers did Bella bring to school? Let “s” represent the number of stickers Bella brought to school.
What is 4 x 12 = s?