Math 1
Identify the key word: Mrs. Jenkins had 24 tickets. Mckenna had 12 tickets. How many more does Mrs. Jenkins have than McKenna?
"how many more"?
Richard has $6. Scott has $8 more than Richard. How much money does Scott have?
$14
There are 3 eggs in each box. How many eggs are in 2 boxes?
6
what is another way to write the equation
6 + 6 + 6 + 6?
6 x 4
Shane sells golf balls. He sold 4 to Jack and 5 to Doug. He had 7 golf balls left. How many golf balls did Shane have at first?
16
Identify the key word: What is the sum of 34+23?
"sum"?
Mrs. Barry taught her class 6 new spelling words this week. She taught them 9 new words last week. How many new words did Mrs. Barry teach her class altogether?
15
Betty has 24 oranges stored in boxes. If the are 3 boxes, how many oranges must go in each box?
8
What does this word mean to do? "difference"
Subtract
Bridget borrowed 14 books from the library. She returned 8 books and borrowed 4 more. How many books did Bridget have then?
10
Identify the key word: What is the difference between 19 and 18?
"difference?
At Tot Toys, a toy car costs $4 less than a toy rocket. A toy rocket costs $11. How much does the toy car cost?
$7
Lilac is reading the latest Magic Maggie book. She reads 9 pages each day. After 4 days how many pages has she read?
36
What does this mean to do? "combined"
add
Dean had 30 toy whistles. He gave 2 whistles to each of his 6 friends. How many whistles did Dean have left?
18
Identify the key word: There are 15 chapter books in our library. 5 students want to check out books. How many books can each student check out?
"each"?
Gary has 12 Magic Merlin stickers. Will has 9 Magic Merlin stickers. How many more Magic Merlin stickers does Gary have than Will?
3
Mrs. Taylor has 80 pieces of paper. She wants to staple 8 pieces together to make a practice book. How many practice books can Mrs. Taylor make?
10
What does this mean to do? "product"
multiply
A group of 32 students went to the zoo. 20 students took the bus. 4 students rode in each car. How many cars were needed?
3
Identify the key word: There are 20 apples in a basket. 4 students are sharing the apples. How many apples will each student get?
"sharing" or "each"?
There were 86 seats in the gym. 32 people sat down to watch the game. 11 people were eating a snack. How many seats were empty?
54
The Girl Scouts are having their annual cookie sale. Emily sells 5 boxes of cookies in 7 days. How many boxes of cookies did Emily sell?
35
There were 46 passengers on the bus. 19 passengers got off at the first stop. 15 passengers got off at the second stop. How many passengers were left on the bus?
12
Mr. Clark gave 4 lollipops to each of his 8 students. Now he only has 19 lollipops left. How many lollipops did Mr. Clark have at first?
51