Word Problems (Multiply, Add and Subtract) INTRO.

1. ​Read word problems carefully.

2. Identify the question

3. Identify the key words that tell you what operation to use.

4. Calculate

5. Ask yourself if your answer makes sense.

Multiple Choice

Mike picked 29 tomatoes from his garden. He gave 7 tomatoes to his neighbors. How many tomatoes does Mike have left?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

John has 11 pennies in his hand and he's got 13 pennies in his pockets. How many pennies does John have in all?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Finn and Jayla are bird-watching. They count 12 crows and 7 hummingbirds. How many birds did they see altogether?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Louise's classroom has 4 rows of 6 chairs. How many chairs are in Louise's classroom?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Jason bought 3 boxes of pizza. Each box has 8 slices of pizza. How many slices of pizza are there?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Mina brought 48 cupcakes for a bakesale. She sold 15 this morning. How many cupcakes remain?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Greg has 5 bags of marbles. If each bag contains 12 marbles, how many marbles are there in all?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Natalie is reading a book that has 430 pages. If she reads 37 pages, how many more pages does she have to finish the book?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Hilary and TJ are reading the same book. Hilary reads 72 pages. TJ reads 12 pages less than Hilary. How many pages did TJ read?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

A restaurant has 11 tables. The tables have 6 chairs each. How many chairs are in the restaurant?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Layla purchases 6 chocolate chip cookies, 4 sugar cookies, and 5 red velvet cookies. How many total cookies did Layla buy?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

Multiple Choice

Jermaine has 236 Pokemon cards. Jenny has 142 Pokemon cards. If they combine their cards, how many Pokemon cards will they have altogether?

• 378 Pokemon Cards

• 94 Pokemon Cards

Multiple Choice

Lisa bakes 50 cupcakes. Fred bakes 32 cupcakes. How many more cupcakes did Lisa bake than Fred?

• 82 cupcakes

• 18 cupcakes

Multiple Choice

Maria rode her to the park for 12 miles. Dave took a shortcut that was 3 miles less. How many miles did Dave ride for?

• 9 miles

• 36 miles

• 15 miles

Multiple Choice

Maye has 4 different pencil cases. She put 4 cute erasers in each pencil case. How many cute erasers does Maye have in all?

• 0 erasers

• 8 erasers

• 16 erasers

Multiple Choice

Johnny arranges his figurines. He decides to display them in 3 rows. If each row has 8 figurines, how many figurines does Johnny have?

• 11 figurines

• 5 figurines

• 24 figurines

Poll

How was it?

• I completed this by myself. I've got the hang of this.

• I completed it by myself, but I still need help.

• I received help answering a few questions.

• I received help answering many questions.