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What operation? Word Problems

Authored by Erin Kimball

Mathematics

4th - 5th Grade

10 Questions

CCSS covered

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What operation? Word Problems
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Write an expression: Sarah is making bracelets. Each bracelet needs 85 bands and she wants to make 4. How many bands does she need?

85 +4

85 x 4

85 ÷ 4

85 -4

Answer explanation

adding again and again is multiplication

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Write an expression: Phoebe and Charlotte are going to the movies. They want to get a LOT of candy. They have $28 dollars and each box of candy costs $5. How many boxes can they buy?

28 ÷ 5

28 - 5

28 + 5

28 x 5

5 ÷ 28

Answer explanation

breaking into equal groups is division. In this problem they would have 5 boxes of candy and $3 left over.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Write an expression: John is playing with his cats. He plays with this calico cat for 32 minutes and his yellow cat for 16 minutes. His yellow cat is jealous. How much longer did he play with his yellow cat than his calico cat?

32 ÷ 16

32 + 16

32 - 16

32 x 16

16 ÷ 32

Answer explanation

You're finding the difference! That means subtraction

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.3

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Write an expression: Khristian and his sister are playing Sonic. Khristian needs 20 points to go to the next level. He has 14 points. How many more points does he need?


Write an equation

Answer explanation

You're finding the difference between two things. That means subtraction

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.3

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Write an expression: Brenden plays hockey. He played 20 shifts and each shift is 3 minutes. How many minutes did he play?

Answer explanation

adding again and again is multiplication!

3 x 20 or 20 x 3

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Difference is the answer to what kind of problem?

Multiplication

Addition

Subtraction

Division

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Write an expression: Xavier is celebrating his birthday. He is inviting 7 friends and wants everyone to have 3 pieces of pizza. How many slices of pizza will he need?

Answer explanation

Adding again and again is multiplication!

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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