Front End Addition and Subtraction

Amy has family that lives in Germany. The distance from where she lives to Germany is 4,31,283 miles. Arnold has family that lives in California. The distance from where he lives to California is 47,392 miles. What is the difference between these distances?

• 3,83,891 miles

• 4,93,991 miles

• 3,72,782 miles

• 4,84,891 miles

A shop has 32 bicycles. 9 bicycles are left at the end of the day. How many bicycles were sold?

What operation will you use to solve this problem?

• sold

• multiplication

• division

• addition

• subtraction

Sally has 35 pennies. Frank has 15 pennies. How many pennies

will they have together?

What is the key word that helps you decide which operation to use?

• How many

• will they

• together

Read the word problem. Is it ADDITION or SUBTRACTION?

Kailyn had 74 candles to light her house. She's only had to use 31 candles so far. How many candles does she have left?

• Addition

• Subtraction

If the problem tells you to take away, which operation will you use?

• add

• subtract

"total amount" means you should use which operation?

• addition

• subtraction

Raj finds 37 acorns in his front yard. He finds 29 acorns in his backyard. How many acorns does Raj find in all?

What are the important words in this problem? (choose more than one)

• how many acorns

• how many

• in all

• front yard

• backyard

Read the problem. Choose the TWO operations you would use to solve it.

Thomas is buying 27 Pokemon cards. They each cost $1.00. Thomas pays with $30. How much money will he get back?

• add

• subtract

• multiplication

• division

There are 33 papers on a table. Ms. Smith puts 25 more papers on the table. How many papers are on the table now?

What is the key word? What operation does it help me solve? (Choose two)

• table

• more

• how many

• subtraction

• addition

What math operation do these words help you solve?

• addition

• subtraction