How to Solve Word Problems

What operation should you use to solve this word problem? ) There are 1170 students at a school. If each classroom holds 30 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

What is the clue word in this word problem that tells you to add?

Keith has 21 black marbles Sam has 36 black marbles. How many black marbles do they have in total ?

• How

• Total

• Black

• Keith

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

What operation will you use to solve this math problem?

John is planting flowers in his garden. He plans to plant 6 rows of flowers. Each row will contain 12 flowers. How many flowers will John plant in total?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Which equation below will solve this word problem? Let m stand for miles driven.

A car rental company charges a $50 flat fee for renting a car plus an additional $0.25 per mile driven. If a customer rents a car and drives it for 180 miles, how much will the total rental cost be?

• $50m + .25 = 180

• $50 + .25m = 180

• $50m + .25m = 180

• $50 + .25 = 180

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

A box contains 48 pencils. If each student takes 4 pencils, how many students can take pencils from the box?

What clue words or phrase tell you what operation to use to solve this problem?

• Contains

• 48 pencils

• 4 pencils

• each student

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A farmer has 150 chickens. If each chicken lays 3 eggs every day, how many eggs does the farmer collect in one week?

What operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Emily has 75 stickers. She wants to divide them equally into 5 envelopes. How many stickers will be in each envelope?

What clue word(s) tell you what operation to use?

• Divide equally

• has 75 stickers

• each envelope

• many stickers

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Alice has 500 dollars. She buys 3 books that cost 45 dollars each. How much money does Alice have left?

Which equation should you use to solve this word problem?

• $45 - ($500 x 3)=

• $500 - ($45 x 3) =

• $500 + ($45 x 3) =

• ($45 x 3) + $500 =

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A movie is 120 minutes long. If you watched 35 minutes, how many minutes are left to watch?

What clue word(s) tell you what operation you should use?

• minutes long

• watched

• 35 minutes

• how many minutes left

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A group of friends bought 6 packs of gum. If each pack contains 9 pieces of gum, how many pieces of gum do they have in total?

What operation should you use to solve this word problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3