Key Words Clues for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division in Word Problems

There are 8,321 scarecrows on Farmer Brown’s farm. There are 942 scarecrows on Farmer Smith’s farm. About how many scarecrows are there in all?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Kerrigan raked 319 leaves. Abigail raked 91. About how many more leaves did Kerrigan rake compared to Abigail?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Cody's freezer had sixteen ice cubes in it. If he had to get ice for four cups, how many pieces should he put in each cup to make them have the same amount?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Alex bought a large box of candy bars for his birthday party containing 72 candy bars. Each one of his friends got to take eight candy bars home. How many friends attended Alex’s party?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Identify the operation associated with the following key word:

PRODUCT

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Identify the operation associated with the following key word:

FEWER

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

triple

• multiply by 3

• add 3

• divide by 3

• equals 2

Which key word tells you that you will add?

• altogether

• how many more

• difference

divide by, divided into

• multiplication

• division

"half"

• ADD

• SUBTRACT

• MULTIPLY

• DIVIDE