Determine an Operation

The inverse operation for addition is

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

If Jake has 12 fish and then gets 5 times as many fish. How many fish does Jake have now? What is the operation?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

Multiplication or division word problem?

Mom has ½ cup of sprinkles to sprinkle on Brandon’s birthday cupcakes. She uses half of the sprinkles. How much does she use?

• Multiplication

• Division

The inverse operation for multiplication is

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Multiplication or division word problem?

A candy store sells gumdrops in bags of 1/8 of a pound each. Determine the weight of six bags. What is the operation?

• Multiplication

• Division

The answer to a subtraction problem

• subtraction

• difference

• subtraction sentence

• regroup

• inverse operations

Two operations that can undo each other, such as addition and subtraction

• subtraction

• difference

• subtraction sentence

• regroup

• inverse operations