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Using all four operations to solve story problems - PRE

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What key words or phrase are used for an addition problem?

a)

twice

b)

altogether

c)

how many more

d)

equal groups

2.

What key words or phrases are used in a subtraction word problem?

a)

comparing

b)

putting together

c)

multiple

d)

finding equal groups

3.

What key words or phrase would be used in a multiplication problem?

a)

combine together

b)

left over

c)

triple something

d)

how many in each group

4.

What key words or phrase would be used in a division problem?

a)

take away

b)

separate into equal groups

c)

put both together

d)

multiply it six times

5.

Sarah made 6 trays of chocolate chip cookies. There were 8 cookies on each tray. How many cookies were there in all?

Which number sentence matches this story?

a)

6 + 8 = x

b)

48 ÷\div  4 = t

c)

8 - 6 = p

d)

6 x 8 = s

6.

Billy made 16 points in the first basketball game and 10 points in the second game. How many more did he score in the first than the second?

Which number sentence matches the story?

a)

16 - 10 = x

b)

16 + 10 = g

c)

16 x 18 = b

d)

18 ÷\div  16 = h

7.

Trish bought 18 pieces of bubble gum to share with her 3 friends. If she gave each friend the same amount, how many would each friend get?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

d)

6

8.

Which bar model match the story?

Kurt had fifteen apples for sale at the fair. If he sold four of them. How many apples did he have left?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Scott was using this bar model to help him solve this story. What is the answer to this story?

Five birds landed in the first tree. Then ten more landed in the tree. How many birds were there altogether?

a)

5

b)

15

c)

50

d)

2

10.

What step should you do first?

There are 26 students in Mr. Smith's class and 24 in in Mrs. Jones' class. The teacher combined the classes together. Then they put them into groups of 5. How many groups were there?

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

11.

Solve this 2 step story:

Mike earned $5.00 a day for a week. He wants to buy a new computer for $50. How much more money does he have left to save?

a)

$35

b)

$10

c)

$15

d)

$50

12.

What step do you do last?

Tim collected 42 seashells on Monday and 31 on Tuesday. On the way back from the beach 10 of them broke. How many seashells does he have left?

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

13.

Solve this 2 step problem:

Conner baked 47 cookies for the bake sale. He gave 12 to his family for dinner. The rest of them he put equally into 5 bags. How many cookies were in each bag?

a)

17

b)

35

c)

8

d)

7