Word Problems

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What is a word problem?

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A word problem is a mathematical question that is presented in the form of a story or real-life scenario, requiring the reader to extract relevant information to solve it.

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What operation would you use to find out how many more one number is than another?

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You would use subtraction.

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What operation would you use to find the total when combining two or more quantities?

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You would use addition.

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What operation would you use to find the total number of items in equal groups?

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You would use multiplication.

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What operation would you use to determine how many equal groups can be made from a total?

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You would use division.

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If Sheyenne has 23 marbles and Jessica has 5 more, how many marbles does Jessica have?

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Jessica has 28 marbles (23 + 5 = 28).

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Emma bakes 19 batches of cookies with 12 cookies in each batch. How many cookies did she bake?

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Emma baked 228 cookies (19 x 12 = 228).

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The Lin family spent $800 on 4 airplane tickets. How much was each ticket?

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Each ticket cost $200 ($800 ÷ 4 = $200).

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Jacklin has 1,345 photos and can fit 4 on a page. How many pages does she need?

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Jacklin needs 337 pages (1,345 ÷ 4 = 336.25, rounded up to 337).

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Dante's car cost $5,677 and Malachi's car cost $10,987. What is the difference in cost?

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The difference is $5,310 ($10,987 - $5,677 = $5,310).