Word Problems

When I was 4 years old, my sister was three times my age. Now I am 15, how old is my sister?

• 30

• 25

• 45

• 35

The words "in all" in a word problem tell you that you need do what?

• Subtract

• Add

Joe's website has 32 links on each of the 11 pages. How many links does he have on his website total?

• 132 links

• 250 links

• 300 links

• 352 links

James has 36 toys and 6 boxes. If he puts the same number of toys in each box, how many toys will be in each box?

• 8 toys

• 7 toys

• 6 toys

• 5 toys

The Clear Dot train can transport 486 people from Columbia to Irmo. There are 9 carts on the train. Each cart can carry the same number of passengers. How many people can each passenger cart hold?

• 50 people

• 55 people

• 54 people

• 57 people

Nick has 8 dozen eggs. How many eggs does he have in all?

• 1 egg

• 132 eggs

• 96 eggs

• 121 eggs

"Fewer than" means you are going to do what?

• Multiply

• Subtract

• Add

• Divide

Thomas has 308 toys. If he shares them with 7 friends, how many toes does each friend have?

• 44 toys

• 315 toys

• 301 toys

• 2,156 toys

Step 1 to figuiring out a word problem is ...

• Finding out what operation to use

• Understanding the problem

• Solving the problem

If a word problem says: split, share, same, etc, you are going to what?

• Divide

• Multiply

• Add

• Subtract