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What's The Operation (Multi-Step Problem Solving)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

At the aquarium, a tank holds __ leopard sharks and __ stingrays. ___ of the animals are moved to a second tank. How many animals are left in the tank?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

2.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

At the arcade, Susan won ___ tickets playing air-hockey. Jordan won ___ playing dance revolution. They combined thier winnings to get a basket ball that cost ____ tickets. How many tickets did Glen and Martina have left?

a)

Multiplication

b)

Subtraction

c)

Addition

d)

Division

3.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

At the school store, Ben bought ____ bracelets for ___ dollars each. Then he bought a squishy. He spent _____ total. How much did the squishy cost?

a)

Division

b)

Multiplication

c)

Subtraction

d)

Addition

4.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

Mr. Matthews bought ___ packs of ___ pencils each. He also bought ___ pens. Altogether, how many pens and pencils did Mr. Matthews buy?

a)

Multiplication

b)

Division

c)

Addition

d)

Subtraction

5.

Mia read ___ books. Pauline read ___ as many books as Mia. How many books did Mia and Pauline read altogether?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

6.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

Megan wants to bake chocolate chip cookies. She has a ___ ounce bag of flour and a __ ounce bag of flour. Each batch of chocolate chip cookies requires ___ ounces of flour. How many batches of chocolate chip cookies can Megan make?

a)

Multiplication

b)

Subtraction

c)

Addition

d)

Division

7.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

Hugo has __ rocks in his rock collection. He has __ times as many seashells in his seashell collection. How many more seashells does Hugo have than rocks?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Division

d)

Multiplication

8.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

The area of Ms. Bell's rectangular whiteboard is ___ square feet. The whiteboard is ___ feet wide. What is the perimeter of the whiteboard?

Area= L x W

Perimeter= L+L+W+W

a)

Multiplication

b)

Addition

c)

Subtraction

d)

Division

9.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

The area of a rectangular sandbox is __ square feet. The sandbox is ___ feet wide. What is the perimeter of the sandbox?

Area= L x W

Perimeter= L+L+W+W

a)

Multiplication

b)

Division

c)

Subtraction

d)

Addition

10.

What operations will you need to solve the problem:

At the fair, it cost __ tickets to ride the bumper cars and ___ tickets to go on the Ferris Wheel. Jonah has __ tickets. He rode the bumper cars ___ times and used all his remaining tickets to ride the Ferris wheel. How many times did Jonah go on the Ferris Wheel?

a)

Multiplication

b)

Addition

c)

Subtraction

d)

Division