Single Step Word Problems

Sarah has 8 apples and buys 5 more. She then gives 4 apples to her friend. How many apples does she have now?

• 11

• 1

• 9

• 17

Which operation will you use to solve this? Mark reads 20 pages of a book each day. After reading for 3 days, he decides to read 10 more pages. How many pages has he read in total?

• multiplication and division

• addition and subtraction

• multiplication and addition

• subtraction and division

What does the C in CUBES stand for?

• Circle key numbers and units

• Circle the question

• Circle your answer

• Circle the action words

The words, "in all", or "in total", tell you that you will be using what operation?

• subtraction

• addition

• multiplication

• division

The word, "equal", is used in what operation?

• addition

• multipilcation

• division

• all of them

A box contains 12 chocolates. If each person gets 3 chocolates and there are 4 people, how many chocolates are distributed?

• 7

• 1

• 12

• 24

True or False: The words "how many" tell you what operation to use to solve your word problem.

• true

• false

True or False: You do not have to show your work as long as you get the correct answer.

• True

• False

Tom bakes 24 cookies. He puts them into boxes with 6 cookies each. How many boxes does he use?

• 9

• 30

• 2

• 4

The words, "how many more" tell you what operation will be used?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division