Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction Word Problems

Litwanya and Andrew bought balloons. They bought 16 total. How many balloons did each of them get when they shared them equally?

What operation do you need to solve?

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Addition

• Division

White t-shirts can be purchased in packages of 6. If Mom buys 8 packages, how many white t-shirts will she have?

What operation do you need to solve?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division

Marla, Berkeley, and Calvin were all playing a video game. Marla’s score was 645. Berkeley’s score was 121. Calvin's score was 329. What is the sum of their scores?

What operation do you need to solve?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division

What operation can be described by putting two groups into one? 

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Thyreak has 85 peanuts. Declan has 48 more than Thyreak. How many peanuts does Declan have?

What operation do you need to solve?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division

You get 63 points on an assignment. How many more points do you need to get 100 points on the assignment?

• +

• -

• x

What operation do these words help you solve?

• addition

• subtraction

What math operation do these words help you solve?

• addition

• subtraction

What two operations would you use to solve this word problem? Randy bought 15 new pencils for $2.00 each and 10 packs of new crayons for $1.00 each. What was the total amount her spent?

• divide and subtract

• multiply and add

• multiply and divide

• add and divide

What 2 operations would you use to solve this word problem? 240 puppies are for sale at the Mega pet store. The puppies were shared equally between 8 smaller shops. One of those shops sold all their puppies for $300 each. How much did the puppy shop make?

• divide and multiply

• divide and add

• multiply and subtract

• add and multiply