Mathematical Sentences From Word Problems

To do something Saturday afternoon, Sue thought she would like to take her two daughters to the movies, and she only has two-twenty dollar bills in her wallet. She would like to take Sarah (age 13) and Ann (age 11) and herself to an 11am movie. For snack she will get three drinks, one bag of popcorn and a bag of gummies.

Which expression lets us find out the cost of the movie tickets?

• 3 x $3

• 4 x $3

• $10 x 2 + $8

• $10 + 2 x $8

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CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

To do something Saturday afternoon, Sue thought she would like to take her two daughters to the movies, and she only has two-twenty dollar bills in her wallet. She would like to take Sarah (age 13) and Ann (age 11) and herself to an 11am movie. For snack she will get three drinks, one bag of popcorn and a bag of gummies.

Which expression lets us find out the the amount of change Sue would get back?

• 2 x $20 - 3 x $3 + 3 x $3 + $4 + $2

• 2 x $20 - (3 x $3) + (3 x $3 + $4 + $2)

• 2 x $20 - (3 x $3 + 3 x $3 + $4 + $2)

• (3 x $3 + 3 x $3 + $4 + $2) - 2 x $20

• (3 x $3) + (3 x $3 + $4 + $2) - 2 x $20

Tags

CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

To do something Saturday afternoon, Sue thought she would like to take her two daughters to the movies, and she only has two-twenty dollar bills in her wallet. She would like to take Sarah (age 13) and Ann (age 11) and herself to an 11am movie. For snack she will get three drinks, one bag of popcorn and a bag of gummies.

Which expression lets us find out the cost of the snacks?

• 3 x $3 + $4 + $2

• 3 x (3 + 4 + 2)

• 3 x $3 + 3 x $4 + 3 x $2

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Summer scores 10 points fewer than Keira, who scores 40 points. Imogen scored half as many points as Summer. Which Mathematical sentence would allow you to determine Summer's score?

• 40 + 10

• 40 ÷ 10

• 40 - 10

• 40 - 10 ÷ 2

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

John scores 10 points fewer than Mike, who scores 50 points. Sarah scored twice as many points as John. Which Mathematical sentence would allow you to determine John's score?

• 50 + 10

• 50 ÷ 10

• 50 - 10

• (50 - 10) x 2

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Summer scores 10 points fewer than Keira, who scores 40 points. Imogen scored half as many points as Summer. Which Mathematical sentence would allow you to determine Imogen's score?

• 40 - 10 ÷ 2

• (40 ÷ 10) ÷ 2

• (40 - 10) ÷ 2

• 30 ÷ 2

Answer explanation

the 30 is needed to find the answer but you had to calculate it first by doing 40 - 10

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A small factory makes children’s coats. The last step in the production process is to sew 4

buttons down the front of each coat. Every day, an inspector makes sure that the coats are

perfect. If there is any problem with a coat it is placed in a special room. On the wall of the

sewing room, a display board shows the number of buttons used in the factory that day.

At the end of one day, the inspector noticed that the display board indicated that 460 buttons

had been used. He also noticed that 7 red and 7 blue coats had been placed in his special

room.

Match the mathematical sentence that the manager was trying to determine.

• 7 x 2

• the number of coats made that day

• 460 ÷ 4 - (7 + 7)

• The number of defective coats

• 460 ÷ 4

• The number of non defective coats

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Julie is buying 3 bracelets that cost $6 each and two that cost $4 each. She pays the cashier

$30. The taxes are already included in the prices. How much money does Julie receive back in

change?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8