Word Problems

Word Problems

1Easy to solve if you use...Reegan2RRead the problem.EEek out and...EEliminate the bits that are not important.GGrab the keywordsAAdd, take-away, multiply or divide?NNumbers to solve it. Make sense?

3RRead the problem.

REMEMBER THE STEPS4

Teagan had 15 books on her bookshelf.

Teagans dog, Buster, came in and slobbered all over four of them.

How many books did Teagan have left that were not slobbered on?

5EEek out and...

EEliminate the bits that are not important.

REMEMBER THE STEPS6

Teagan had 15 books on her bookshelf.

Teagans dog, Buster, came in and slobbered all over four of them.

How many books did Teagan have left that were not slobbered on?

7Teagan had 15 books on her bookshelf.

Teagans dog, Buster, came in and slobbered all over four of them. How many books did Teagan have left that were not slobbered on?

REMEMBER THE STEPSGGrab the keywords8AAdd, take-away, multiply or divide?

REMEMBER THE STEPSHow many left means...Subtract or take-away9NNumbers to solve it. Make sense?

REMEMBER THE STEPS15 takeaway 41015 takeaway 4 makes 1115 4 = 11

11Lets do another oneIt could get tricky!12RRead the problem.

REMEMBER THE STEPS13Nick had 14 toy trucks in his toy box. He wanted to share them fairly with his friend Lincoln. How many toy trucks did the boys get each?

14EEek out and...

EEliminate the bits that are not important.

REMEMBER THE STEPS15Nick had 14 toy trucks in his toy box. He wanted to share them fairly with his friend Lincoln. How many toy trucks did the boys get each?

Deliberately dont delete his friend and toy box. Oh I think I might have forgotten to take some information out here that wasnt importantCan anyone tell me other words we could take out?16Nick had 14 toy trucks in his toy box. He wanted to share them fairly with his friend Lincoln. How many toy trucks did the boys get each?

REMEMBER THE STEPSGGrab the keywordshow many people altogether?Cue to notice that there are 2 people altogether. And the next step is?? What operation is itwhat do you think it might be? Hands up17AAdd, take-away, multiply or divide?

REMEMBER THE STEPSShare means...Divide18NNumbers to solve it. Make sense?

REMEMBER THE STEPS14 trucks shared by 2 people1914 divided by 2 makes 714 2 = 720Reminds me of...2 times tables

2 x 7 = 14or 7 x 2 = 14If14 2 = 7Then14 7 = 2

21Keywords to look forAddingaltogethermorejoinmixas wellanotherandplussumtotal

Subtractleft overminustakeawaytakeleft

Multiplygroups ofaltogethertimes

Dividebyintosharesplitevenlyfairly

22Your turnThree friends go out to dinner. Near the end, they get the bill and they owe the restaurant $12.00. They want to split the bill evenly between the three of them. How much will each person pay?

24RRead the problem.EEek out and...EEliminate the bits that are not important.GGrab the keywordsAAdd, take-away, multiply or divide?NNumbers to solve it. Make sense?

REMEMBER THE STEPS25Three friends go out to dinner. Near the end, they get the bill and they owe the restaurant $12.00. They want to split the bill evenly between the three of them. How much will each person pay?

26Quinlan is getting ready to go to a movie. She wants to figure out how many people will be there. She knows that there are 10 rows of seats, and each row has 8 seats in it.

How many seats are there in the movie theatre in all?

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