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 do they have altogether?

• 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 should be performed to correctly solve this problem?

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Which operation should be performed to correctly solve this problem?

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Which operation should be performed to correctly solve this problem?

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Which operation should be performed to correctly solve this problem?

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Which operation(s) should be performed to correctly solve this problem?

• This problem requires two operations - add and then subtract.

• This problem only requires one operation - add.

• This problem requires two operations - multiply and then subtract.

• This problem only requires one operation - multiply.

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

How much does she still need?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division