Word Problems

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What is a word problem?

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

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What operation would you use to find out how many brownies Marley puts in each box if she has 456 brownies and 9 boxes?

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Divide

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

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28 marbles (23 + 5 = 28)

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How do you find the price of each airplane ticket if the Lin family spent $800 on 4 tickets?

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Divide $800 by 4, which equals $200 per ticket.

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What operation do you use to find the total number of cookies Emma baked if she made 19 batches with 12 cookies in each?

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Multiply (19 x 12 = 228 cookies)

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How do you determine how many more people in 5th grade are going on the field trip than in 4th grade?

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Subtract the number of 4th graders from the number of 5th graders (789 - 546 = 243).

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What does it mean to add in a word problem?

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Adding means to combine two or more quantities to find a total.

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What does it mean to subtract in a word problem?

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Subtracting means to take one quantity away from another to find the difference.

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What does it mean to multiply in a word problem?

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Multiplying means to find the total of one number taken a certain number of times.

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What does it mean to divide in a word problem?

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Dividing means to split a quantity into equal parts or groups.