Using all four operations to solve story problems - PRE

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

• twice

• altogether

• how many more

• equal groups

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

• comparing

• putting together

• multiple

• finding equal groups

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

• combine together

• left over

• triple something

• how many in each group

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

• take away

• separate into equal groups

• put both together

• multiply it six times

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?

• 6 + 8 = x

• 8 - 6 = p

• 6 x 8 = s

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?

• 16 - 10 = x

• 16 + 10 = g

• 16 x 18 = b

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?

• 4

• 5

• 3

• 6

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?

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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?

• 5

• 15

• 50

• 2

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?

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide