Keywords in Word Problems!

Which of the following word(s) means to add in a word problem?

• difference

• in all

• equal groups

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Which of the following words means to divide in a word problem?

• minus

• all together

• split

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Which of the following word(s) means to subtract in a word problem?

• product

• combine

• take away

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Which of the following words means to multiply in a word problem?

• groups

• left over

• separate

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Anthony and his family went strawberry picking with his family. Anthony picked 9 pounds of strawberries and his brother picked 11 pounds of strawberries. How many pounds of strawberries did they pick IN ALL?

• 2 pounds of strawberries

• 20 pounds of strawberries

• 19 pounds of strawberries

• 18 pounds of strawberries

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Jack and his mom baked 12 chocolate chip cookies. Jack decided to put 5 cookies in a baggie to take to school. How many cookies do they HAVE LEFT?

• 6 cookies

• 7 cookies

• 17 cookies

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Samatha had 4 bags of lollipops. EACH bag had 5 lollipops in them. How many lollipops does Samatha have?

• 9 lollipops

• 20 lollipops

• 15 lollipops

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Coach Robert had 21 footballs that he wanted to put into 3 EQUAL GROUPS for his team to practice. How many footballs will each team get?

• 7 footballs

• 6 footballs

• 24 footballs

• 8 footballs

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Dana had 3 bunches of bananas on her kitchen counter. EACH bunch at 6 bananas in it. How many bananas does Dana have?

• 12 bananas

• 9 bananas

• 18 bananas

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Ashley had 48 ounces of iced tea that she wanted to pour EQUALLY into 6 glasses. How many ounces of iced tea will be in each glass?

• 8 ounces

• 9 ounces

• 54 ounces

• 7 ounces

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3