Math Word Problems

Identify the key word that indicates addition in the following word problem: 'There are 5 apples and 3 more were added. How many apples are there now?'

• more

• less

• decreased

• subtracted

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Identify the key word that indicates subtraction in the following word problem: 'Sara had 10 pencils but lost 3. How many pencils does she have now?'

• bought

• added

• found

• lost

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Identify the key word that indicates multiplication in the following word problem: 'Each box contains 6 chocolates. How many chocolates are there in 4 boxes?'

• sum

• total

• contains

• divides

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Identify the key word that indicates division in the following word problem: 'There are 20 candies to be shared equally among 4 friends. How many candies will each friend get?'

• addition

• subtraction

• division

• multiplication

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Identify the key word that indicates comparison in the following word problem: 'John has 5 marbles and Jane has 8 marbles. Who has more marbles?'

• less

• more

• equal

• fewer

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Identify the key word that indicates total in the following word problem: 'There are 12 students in a class. If 5 more students join, how many students are there in total?'

• complete

• total

• entire

• sum

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Identify the key word that indicates difference in the following word problem: 'A rectangle has a length of 10 cm and a width of 5 cm. What is the difference between the length and the width?'

• difference

• ratio

• product

• sum

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Identify the key word that indicates product in the following word problem: 'A farmer has 3 baskets with 8 eggs in each. What is the total number of eggs?'

• total

• multiply

• division

• sum

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Identify the key word that indicates quotient in the following word problem: 'There are 24 cookies to be divided equally among 6 children. How many cookies will each child get?'

• division

• product

• remainder

• quotient

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Identify the key word that indicates remainder in the following word problem: 'If you divide 17 by 5, what is the remainder?'

• fraction

• quotient

• division

• remainder

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6