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How to Solve Math Problems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do you line up your math problems?

a)

Start with your number on the far left first & fill in to the right

b)

Line up the decimals over each other

c)

Start with your number on the far right first & fill in to the left

2.

What is multiplication?

a)

Repeated subtraction

b)

Adding numbers randomly

c)

Repeated addition of the same number

3.

What is division?

a)

Repeated addition of the same number

b)

Repeated subtraction of the same number

c)

Subtracting the same number a random number of times

4.

What does the word "solve" mean when found in a mathematical operation?

a)

To dissolve in water

b)

To find the answer

c)

To add the numbers together

5.

What is an equation?

a)

A mathematical sentence without an equals sign

b)

A mathematical phrase

c)

A mathematical sentence that contains an equals sign

6.

What is a symbol in a mathematical operation?

a)

Anything that stands in for or represents something else

b)

The numbers are symbols

c)

+ - x /

7.

What is the product?

a)

The items on a shelf in the store

b)

Answer to a multiplication problem

c)

Answer to a subtraction problem

8.

What is the quotient in a math equation?

a)

The answer to a division problem

b)

The answer to an addition problem

c)

A forever remembered and repeated clip from a speech

9.

If a math problem says to use an array, what are you looking at to find your answer?

a)
b)
c)
10.

What are factors in a math equation?

a)

Symbols added together

b)

Numbers that are multiplied together to get a product

c)

Numbers that are divided to find the symbol

11.

Which of the following is a number line?

Number line - A line representing and graphing numbers.

a)
b)
12.

If a problem says "how many more" what operation will you perform?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Division

13.

HELP! Your math problem states you need to use addition to find the solution, which button do you use?

a)
b)
c)
14.

Which operation means to divide?

a)
b)
c)
15.

Which symbol do you use to subtract?

a)
b)
c)
16.

Which operation means to multiply?

a)
b)
c)
17.

4 plus 5 equals 9

How do you write out this equation correctly?

a)

4 x 5 = 20

b)

4 - 5 = -1

c)

4 + 5 = 9

18.

3 times 2 equals 6

How do you write out this equation correctly?

a)

3 + 2 = 6

b)

3 x 2 = 6

c)

3 ÷ 2 = 1.5

19.

10 divided by 5 equals 2

How do you write this equation correctly?

a)

10 - 5 = 5

b)

10 ÷ 5 = 2

c)

10 x 5 = 50

20.

9 minus 4 equals 5

How would you write this equation correctly?

a)

9 - 4 = 5

b)

9 x 4 = 36

c)

9 + 4 = 13