Choosing the Right Operation

Samantha has 24 apples. She wants to share them equally among her 4 friends. Which operation should she use?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

If you have 15 candies and your friend gives you 5 more, which operation will you use to find out how many candies you have now?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

A baker uses 2 cups of flour to make a cake. How many cups of flour will he need to make 5 cakes?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

There were 60 students in a hall. 12 students were asked to leave for a group activity. Which operation will tell you how many students are left in the hall?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

A farmer has 100 acres of land. He divides the land equally into 4 parts for different crops. Which operation will tell you the size of each part?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

If a pack of stickers contains 50 stickers and you want to buy enough packs to have 200 stickers, which operation will you use to find out how many packs you need to buy?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

A classroom has 5 rows of chairs with 8 chairs in each row. Which operation will tell you the total number of chairs in the classroom?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

You read 20 pages of a book each day. After 5 days, how many pages will you have read in total?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

If a train travels 60 miles per hour and you want to know how far it will travel in 3 hours, which operation should you use?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Lisa has 72 candies. She wants to share them equally among her 9 friends. Which operation will tell you how many candies each friend gets?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division