Operation Word Problem

Write an expression: Xavier is celebrating his birthday. He is inviting 7 friends and wants everyone to have 3 pieces of pizza. How many slices of pizza will he need?

Answer explanation

Adding again and again is multiplication!

Write an expression: Baylee has 74 merits and Brenden has 86 merits. How many merits do they have together?

Answer explanation

putting two things together is addition

Breaking a value into equal groups is ...

• multiplication

• division

• addition

• subtraction

Kelly baked 94 cookies and wants to share her cookies evenly between herself and 3 friends. How many cookies will everyone get?

• 94 - 3

• 4 x 94

• 94 + 3

• 94 ÷ 4

Johnsonville Elementary school was having a canned food drive. Fifth grade students brought in a total of 13,928 cans. Third grade students brought in 2,074 cans more than the fifth grade students. How many cans did the third grade students bring in?

• 13,928 + 2,074

• 2,074 - 13,928

• 2,074 x 13,928

• 13,928 - 2,074

Mrs. Bollinger loves to read! Her bookshelf, that has 8 shelves, is completely full. If each bookshelf has 296 books on it, how many books does she have?

• 296 - 8

• 296 ÷ 8

• 296 x 8

• 296 + 8

Sweet Cakes Bakery sold 32,455 cookies this year. The bakery across town, Crazy Cupcakes Bakery sold 27,870 cookies this year. How many fewer cookies did Crazy Cupcakes Bakery sell?

• 27,870 - 32,455

• 32,455 + 27,870

• 32,455 - 27,870

• 27,870 + 32,455

Ellie read 12,000 pages total in third grade. By the end of fourth grade she wanted to read 250,000 more pages than she read in third grade. How many pages did she hope to read by the end of fourth grade?

• 12,000 + 250,000

• 12,000 - 250,000

• 250,00 - 12,000

• 12,000 x 4

Trina was about to take a trip to New York. Before she left her odometer displayed 293,651 miles. When she got back home, her odometer showed 301,892 miles. How many miles did Trina travel during her trip?

• 301,892 - 293,651

• 293,651 + 293,651

• 301,892 + 293,651

• 293,651 - 301,892

Zack was sorting his rock collection into a carrying case. He can fit 3 rocks into each section of the case. If he has 487 rocks, how many sections will he use?

• 3 + 487

• 487 - 3

• 3 x 487

• 487 ÷ 3