Operation Word Problems

I have a 6 foot-long piece of wood that I want to cut to build picture frames. If each piece is going to be \frac{3}{4} foot long, how many pieces will I be able to cut?

• 8 pieces

• 6 pieces

• 12 pieces

• 24 pieces

Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?

• 9/30

• 1/2

• 1  7/30

• 1  13/30

Write an expression: Sarah is making bracelets. Each bracelet needs 85 bands and she wants to make 4. How many bands does she need?

• 85 +4

• 85 x 4

• 85 ÷ 4

• 85 -4

Answer explanation

adding again and again is multiplication

Write an expression: Phoebe and Charlotte are going to the movies. They want to get a LOT of candy. They have $28 dollars and each box of candy costs $5. How many boxes can they buy?

• 28 ÷ 5

• 28 - 5

• 28 + 5

• 28 x 5

• 5 ÷ 28

Answer explanation

breaking into equal groups is division. In this problem they would have 5 boxes of candy and $3 left over.

Write an expression: Khristian and his sister are playing Sonic. Khristian needs 20 points to go to the next level. He has 14 points. How many more points does he need?

Write an equation

Answer explanation

You're finding the difference between two things. That means subtraction

Write an expression: Brenden plays hockey. He played 20 shifts and each shift is 3 minutes. How many minutes did he play?

Answer explanation

adding again and again is multiplication!

3 x 20 or 20 x 3

Write an expression: Xavier is celebrating his birthday. He is inviting 7 friends and wants everyone to have 3 pieces of pizza. How many slices of pizza will he need?

Answer explanation

Adding again and again is multiplication!

Write an expression: Baylee has 74 merits and Brenden has 86 merits. How many merits do they have together?

Answer explanation

putting two things together is addition

Kelly baked 94 cookies and wants to share her cookies evenly between herself and 3 friends. How many cookies will everyone get?

• 94 - 3

• 4 x 94

• 94 + 3

• 94 ÷ 4

Johnsonville Elementary school was having a canned food drive. Fifth grade students brought in a total of 13,928 cans. Third grade students brought in 2,074 cans more than the fifth grade students. How many cans did the third grade students bring in?

• 13,928 + 2,074

• 2,074 - 13,928

• 2,074 x 13,928

• 13,928 - 2,074