State Testing Math Operations prep

Read the question below, then choose what operation you would use to solve the problem.

Mrs. Hernandez pays Joe $83 each month to mow her lawn. Joe mows the lawn for 3 months. What amount of money, in dollars, does Joe earn?

• Multiplication (x)

• Division (÷)

• Addition (+)

• Subtraction (-)

Read the question below, then choose what operation you would use to solve the problem.

There are 3 times as many passengers on a train as there are on a bus. The bus has 75 passengers. How many passengers were on the train?

• x

• ÷

• +

• -

Read the question below, then choose what operation you would use to solve the problem.
Jay uses red blocks and blue blocks to build a castle. He uses a total of 142 blocks. There are 67 blue blocks. How many of the blocks are red?

• x

• ÷

• +

• -

Read the question below, then choose what operation you would use to solve the problem.

Miguel has 130 blocks. He builds 5 towers by stacking the same number of blocks in each tower. How many blocks does he use to build one tower?

• X

• ÷

• +

• -

Read the question below, then choose what operation you would use to solve the problem.

A theater company has 500 tickets left after selling 2 times that amount. What is the total number of tickets the theater company started with before any were sold?

• multiply then divide

• add then subtract

• add then divide

• multiply then add

Find the difference of 345 and 123.
What operation would you use?

• X

• ÷

• +

• -

What operation would you use?

Find the sum of 34,543 and 23,432.

• x

• ÷

• +

• -

What operation would you use?

Find the sum of 233 and 234.

• x

• ÷

• ⁺

• -

What operation would you use?

Find the difference of 678 and 321.

• x

• ÷

• +

• -

the value of a digit in a number based on the location of the digit

• place value

• estimate

• expanded form

• regroup