Identifying the Operation in Word Problems

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

How much change does she get back?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

How much further do they have to travel?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

There are 3 boxes. Each box has 85 cokies. How many cookies are there?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

How much does she still need?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

He wants to share them equally among three friends. How many are left over?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

She wants to plant 3,000 Trees. She planted 2,353 trees. How many does she still need to plant?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

There were 455 bottles of water. Each student was given 5 water bottles. How manu students got water bottles?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

She bought 5 bags of candy. There were 25 pieces in each bag. Then she split the candies into 3 gift bags. How much is in each gift bag?

• Addition then Division

• Subtraction then Division

• Multiplication then Division

• Division only

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Luke and Paul wahsed 9/10 of the horses together. If Luke washed 5/10 how many did Paul wash?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

The length of the yard is 12 the width is 27. What is the area?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division