Identify Key Words
Identify the key words: Mrs. Jenkins had 24 tickets. Mckenna had 12 tickets. How many more does Mrs. Jenkins have than McKenna?
What is "how many more"?
Richard has $6. Scott has $8 more than Richard. How much money does Scott have?
What is Scott has $14.
There are 3 eggs in each box. How many eggs are in 2 boxes?
What is there are 6 eggs in 2 boxes?
What does this key word mean to do? "equal parts"
What is divide?
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?
What is Shane had16 golf balls at first?
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?
What Mrs. Barry taught 15 words altogether.
Betty has 24 oranges stored in boxes. If the are 3 boxes, how many oranges must go in each box?
What is 8 oranges in each box?
Bridget borrowed 14 books from the library. She returned 8 books and borrowed 4 more. How many books did Bridget have then?
What is Bridget had 10 books?
Identify the key word: What is the difference between 19 and 18?
What is "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?
What is 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?
What is after 4 days, she read 36 pages?
Dean had 30 toy whistles. He gave 2 whistles to each of his 6 friends. How many whistles did Dean have left?
What is Dean had 18 whistles left?
Gary has 12 Magic Merlin stickers. Will has 9 Magic Merlin stickers. How many more Magic Merlin stickers does Gary have than Will?
What is Gary has 3 more Magic Merlin stickers than Will?
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?
What is Mrs. Taylor can make 10 practice books?
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?
What is 3 cars were needed?
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?
What is 54 seats were empty ?
The Girl Scouts are having their annual cookie sale. Emily sells 5 boxes of cookies each day for 7 days. How many boxes of cookies did Emily sell?
What is Emily sells 35 boxes of cookies?
What do these key words mean to do "Each of"?
Multiply or divide
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?
What is Mr. Clark had 51 lollipops at first?