Working with Word Problems

What is the C.U.B.E.S. strategy?

• It is a way to learn english

• It is a strategy that helps us solve word problems.

• It is an idea to learn math

• It is a definition of additions and subtractions

Which is a key word in this problem gives us a clue of what operation we need to use to solve it?

"Jerry picked 367 apples. Amanda picked 896. How many apples did they pick altogether?

• apples

• Amanda

• altogether

• 367

Which operation is related to the sentence "take away"?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Addition and subtraction

• None of the above

Which operation is related to the sentence "all together"?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Addition and subtraction

• None of the above

Solve the following word problem:

""Emi buys 1.673 candies one week and 253 the following week.

How many candies does he has in all?"

• 1.410

• 1.420

• 1.920

• 1.926

"Olivia had 4.302 tiny erasers, and gave 810 to her best friend. How many erasers does he have now?"

A key word of this word problem is:

• tiny erasers

• gave

• Olivia

• now

A farmer grows 2.473 kg of apples on 2020. The next one he grows 3.685 kg of apples on 2021. How many more apples did he grow in 2021?

• 6.258

• 6.158

• 1.212

• Way too much!