Identifying Operations in Word Problems

Sarah had 3/4 a bag of popcorn. Her younger brother ate some, leaving her with 3/8 of a bag. What fraction of the bag did her brother eat?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Finn has four ropes. Each rope is 3 1/8 feet long. What is the total length of the rope?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Jacob is building a platform for his raised garden. The platform is 12 1/3 feet long and 20 feet wide. How many square feet of lumber will he need to build the platform?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

Branch has 1/2 a ball of clay. If he wants to share the clay among himself and three friends, how much will each person receive?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

Peter's class had a total of 24 students. Two-thirds of the class have brown hair. 1/8 of the brown haired students also have blue eyes. How many students have both brown hair and brown eyes?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Courtney spends 1 3/4 hours a day working on homework and 2/3 of her homework time on the computer. What fraction of the total time is she on the computer?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Katie used 6 feet of ribbon for a school project. If she cut the ribbon into 1/5 feet pieces, how many pieces of ribbon does she have?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

Lexie has 1/3 of a pan of brownies. If she wants to share the brownies between her and four friends, what fraction of the original pan would each person get?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

James walked from his house to school, which is 1 3/5 of a mile away. Then he walked from school to the library. If he walked a total of 2 2/3 miles, what is the distance between school and the library?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Addition and subtraction of fractions requires you to find a common denominator to solve the problem.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D