Match Equation to Word Problem

Which equation best matches the problem?

Mrs. Harrison loves to run. This week she ran a total of 15 miles. Each day she runs 3 miles. How many days did she run?

• 15 + 3 = n

• 15 - 3 = n

• 15 x 3 =

Which equation below models how to solve the following equation? Your class is having a pizza party. You buy 5 pizzas. Each pizza has 8 slices. How many slices are present altogether?

• 40/8 = 5

• 40/5 = 8

• 5 x 8 = 40

• 5 + 8 = 13

• 8 - 5 = 3

Which equation below models how to solve the following equation? Your class is having a pizza party. You buy 5 pizzas. Each pizza has 8 slices. There are 18 students in the class. How many pieces of pizza will each student receive?

• (8 x 5) + 18

• (8 x 5) - 18

• (8 x 5) x 18

• (8 x 5) / 18

Which equation below models how to solve the following equation? Beth has 4 packs of crayons. Each pack has 10 crayons. She also has 6 extra crayons. How many total crayons does she have?

• (4 x 10) + 6

• (4 + 6) x 10

• 4 x (6 + 10)

• 4 + 6 + 10

Which equation below models how to solve the following equation? Ted has 15 candy bars. He wants to put them into 5 bags, and he tries to out the same number into each bag. How many candy bars will be paced in each bag?

• 15 - 5

• 15 + 5

• 15 x 5

• 15/5

Which equation below models how to solve the following equation? A candy store has 6 boxes of chocolates. Each box has 500 pieces. How many pieces are there altogether in the 6 boxes?

• 6 x 500 = 300

• 6 x 500 = 3,000

• 3,006 = (6 x 500) + 6

• 500/6

Which equation below models how to solve the following equation? You want to share 34 pencils among 6 friends. How many would each friend receive, and how many would be left over?

• Each friend would receive 6 pencils. There would be 2 left over.

• Each friend would receive 4 pencils. There would be 8 left over.

• Each friend would receive 5 pencils. There would be 4 left over.

• Each friend would receive 6 pencils. There would be 0 left over.

Which equation below models how to solve the following equation? Martha bought 18 small cakes. She has 3 children. She would like to share the cakes among her children so that each child gets the same amount. How many cakes would each child get?

• 18 + 3

• 18 x 3

• 18 - 3

• 18/3 = 6

Ms. Fraiser is splitting up her class into groups for a class project. She has 24 students that she wants to put into groups of 4. How many groups of students can she make?

• 24 + 4

• 24 - 4

• 24 / 4

• 24 x 4

Ms. Fraiser is splitting up her class into groups for a class project. She has 24 students that she put into 6 groups. How many students are in each group?

• 24 + 6

• 24 / 6

• 24 / 4

• 4 x 6