Word Problems February

Match the operation with the word problem.

Jack has 28 bags of oranges. Each bag contains 17 oranges, How many oranges does Jack have?

• addition

• division

• multiplication

• subtraction

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Which equation represents the word problem?

Caden has 15 Magic Treehouse books. Each book has 172 pages.How many pages are there in Caden's collection of books?

• 15 x 172

• 172-15

• 172+15

• 172÷15

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Read the story problem and then decide which operation you need to use to solve the problem. 
Abe has to write a story 500 words long. He has already written 231 words. How many more words does Abe need to write? 

• add
• subtract
• multiply
• divide

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The hobby store normally sells 10,576 trading cards per month. In July, the hobby store sold a total of 20,777 trading cards. How many more trading cards did the hobby store sell in July compared with a normal month?

• Addition

• subtraction

• division

• multiplication

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Frank bought 32 packs of chewing gum. He shared them with 4 of his friends. How many packs of gum did each friend get?

What operation do you need to solve?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ms Leung bought 9 boxes of recorders. Each box contained 80 recorders.

How many recorders did Ms Leung buy?

•  $9+80$ 

•  $80-9$  

•  $80\times9$ 
  

•  $80\div9$ 
  

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

There were 782 books in the library. Students checked out 230 books. How many books are left in the library?

• 782 - 230

• 782 + 230

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The 5th grade Fall Festival booth sold $850 worth of tickets! However, $75 of that amount went towards prizes and must be paid back.  How much money did they actually make? 

• Add
• Multiply
• Divide
• Subtract

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Rene counted 1,206 total colored pencils in her classroom.  She needs to put 6 pencils in each box.  How many boxes does she need?

• Add
• Multiply
• Divide
• Subtract

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Last year, Amazon sold 46,776 printed books.  It also sold 47,571 electronic books.  How many books did Amazon sell in all?

• Add
• Multiply
• Divide
• Subtract

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3