"Making a plan" for word problems

An ocean engineer used a sonar system to count fish populations of four schools of fish. How many fish were counted?

What operation would you need for the first step?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

A 4th grade class visits an aquarium to learn more about snakes. A small snake at the zoo measures 5 inches. A medium snake measures 5-6 times as long as the small snake. How long would the medium snake measure? What operation would you use to solve this problem?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

Cara buys 4 boxes of thick markers and 6 boxes of thin markers. Each box of thick markers contains 8 markers and each box of thin markers contains 10 markers. How many markers does Cara buy in all?

If first Cara multiplies 4 x 8 = 32, what step would she do next?

• 4 x 6 = 24

• 6 x 10 = 60

• 32 + 60 = 92

• 4 x 10 = 40

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Abby orders supplies for his pizzeria. A package of boxes costs $9 and a package of sauce containers cost $7. How much will is cost Abby to buy 15 packages of boxes and 12 packages of sauce containers?

Which of these expressions would you use to solve

• (9 x 15) + (7 x 12)

• 9 x 7

• (9 x 7) + (15 x 12)

• 9 + 7 + 15 + 12

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Kade sells a maximum of 28 tickers each hour. What is the maximum number of tickers he will sell in 4 hours? What operation would you use to solve this problem?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Austin has 64 ounces of lemonade in a pitcher. She is used the pitcher to fill glasses that can hold 8 ounces. How many glasses will she fill?

What operation will you use to solve this problem?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Austin has 64 ounces of lemonade in a pitcher. She is used the pitcher to fill glasses that can hold 8 ounces. How many glasses will she fill?

What operation will you use to solve this problem?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A food bank collected 3,887 food items in one month. The next month they collected 997 more food items. The following month they collected 572 fewer items than the first month. How many food items were collected over three months? First, I would add 3,887 and 997. Then I would..

• Subtract 997 and 572

• Add 572 to that sum

• Add 3,887 and 997

• Subtract 572 from that sum

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

The cost of admission to the natural history museum for adults is $16. The cost of admission for a child is $11. What is the total cost of admission for 4 adults and 6 children?

What is the first operation you would use to solve this problem?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

There are eight cups of ice cream in a large container of Cookies and Cream. Each scoop of ice cream is 1/2 of a cup. How many scoops of ice cream are in an entire container of Cookies and Cream?

What operation you would use to solve this problem?

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C