What's the Key Word
Identify the key word: Mrs. Jenkins had 24 tickets. Mckenna had 12 tickets. How tickets do they have altogether?
altogether
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 eggs
What does this key word mean to do? share equally
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?
16 golf balls
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 words
Betty has 24 oranges stored in boxes. If the are 3 boxes, how many oranges must go in each box?
8 oranges
What does this word mean to do? "difference"
What is subtract?
Bridget borrowed 14 books from the library. She returned 8 books and borrowed 4 more. How many books did Bridget have then?
10 books
Identify the key word: What is the difference between 19 and 18?
difference
At Tot Toys, a toy rocket costs $11. A toy car costs $4 less than a toy rocket. How much does the toy car cost?
$7
Lily is reading the latest Magic Maggie book. She reads 9 pages each day. After 4 days how many pages has she read?
36 pages
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 whistles
Identify the key word: A book shelf has 5 shelves with 5 books on each shelf. How many total books are on the book shelf?
each, total
Gary has 12 Magic Merlin stickers. Will has 9 Magic Merlin stickers. How many more Magic Merlin stickers does Gary have than Will?
3 stickers
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 books
What does this mean to do? "product"
multiply
A group of 32 students went to the zoo. 20 students took the bus.
What is 3?
Identify the key word: There are 20 apples in a basket. 4 students are equally sharing the apples. How many apples will each student get?
equally sharing
There were 86 seats in the gym. 32 people sat down to watch the game. How many seats were empty?
54 seats
The Girl Scouts are having their annual cookie sale. Emily sells 5 boxes of cookies each day. How many boxes of cookies did Emily sell in one week?
35 boxes
What do these words mean to do? "Quotient"
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?
51 lollipops