Key Terms in Word Problems

answer to a subtraction problem

• sum

• difference

• product

• quotient

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CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

Which of these phrases usually lead to multiplication:

(CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

• Each group has ___ items and I have ___ groups

• How much faster can one person run a race than another person?

• Each donut is $3 and I purchased 5 donuts.

• There are 8 shelves and each shelf has 10 items on it.

• What is the total weight of the three sharks?

answer to addition problem

• product

• quotient

• difference

• sum

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CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

altogether, total usually means we ____________

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

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CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Which is usually NOT a subtraction key term or phrase?

• How many are left?

• How much more, How much faster, How much less

• What's the difference?

• What's the combined total?

in all, put together, combined usually means we

• divide

• multiply

• subtract

• add

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

How much more, How much less usually tells us to...

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

how many fewer, how many are left usually tells us to

• add

• multiply

• subtract

• divide

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Mark goes to Target. He purchases 9 pumpkins for his Halloween party. Each pumpkin is $7. How much did Mark spend on pumpkins?

• $16

• $45

• $54

• $63

Mr. Poore is paid ______ dollars per hour. He works _______ hours. This type of problem is best solved using:

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division