Sam has 4 toy cars and Mia has 3. How many do they have altogether? What operation does 'altogether' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ADD (altogether = everything combined)
There are 4 bags of 3 marbles each. How many marbles are there? What is double that amount? What operation does 'OF' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
MULTIPLY (of = groups of something )
You had 7 pencils and gave away 2. How many do you have left? What operation does 'HAVE LEFT' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
SUBTRACT (have left = what remains)
You have 10 cookies. If you take away 3, how many are left? What operation does 'take away' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
SUBTRACT (take away = remove some)
What is the difference between 12 and 5? What operation does 'DIFFERENCE' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
SUBTRACT (difference = the answer to subtraction )
What is 7 times 2? What operation does 'TIMES' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
MULTIPLY (times = multiply)
There are 12 boys and 13 girls in class. What is the total number of students? What operation does 'total' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ADD (total = the whole amount)
Noah has 6 marbles. Ava has 2 more than Noah. How many does Ava have? What operation does 'more than' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ADD (more than = add extra)
How many times does 3 fit into 12? What is double that amount? What operation does 'HOW MANY TIMES' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
MULTIPLY (how many times = repeated groups )
Your score was 20. It increased by 5. What is your new score? What operation does 'increase' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ADD (increase = gets bigger)
Split 18 crackers between 6 students. How many per student? What operation does 'BETWEEN' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
DIVIDE (between = divided among groups)
15 students were outside. 4 went inside. How many remain outside? What operation does 'REMAIN' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
SUBTRACT (remain = still there)
What is 8 plus 4? What operation does 'plus' tell you to use:ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ADD (plus = add)
There are 9 birds in one tree and 3 fewer in another. How many are in the second tree? What operation does 'FEWER' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
SUBTRACT (fewer = not as many)
How many times does 2 go into 12? What operation does 'GOES INTO' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
DIVIDE (goes into = how many groups fit)
Lila has 3 stickers. Ben has 4 greater than that. How many does Ben have? What operation does 'greater' tell you to use :ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ADD (greater = bigger amount)
Start with 20 points and deduct 4. What is the score now? What operation does 'DEDUCT' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
SUBTRACT (deduct = subtract )
There are 5 cookies in each bag. If there are 4 bags, how many cookies total? What operation does 'EACH' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
MULTIPLY (each = same amount in every group)
What is the quotient of 16 ÷ 4? What operation does 'QUOTIENT' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
DIVIDE (quotient = the answer to division )
12 pencils are shared by 3 students. How many does each get? What operation does 'EACH' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
DIVIDE (each = every group gets the same )
Ava has 8 crayons. Mia has 2 less than Ava. How many does Mia have? What operation does 'LESS THAN' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
SUBTRACT (less than = smaller amount)
One box has 5 pencils. What is double that amount? What operation does 'DOUBLE' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
MULTIPLY (double = 2 times as much)
Multiply 6 by 3. What operation does 'BY' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
MULTIPLY (by = multiplied with)
4 friends share 20 stickers equally. How many does each get? What operation does 'SHARE' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
DIVIDE (share = split equally )
There are 5 apples on one table and 2 on another. How many are there in all? What operation does 'in all' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ADD (in all = how many altogether)
What is half of 10? What operation does 'HALF' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
DIVIDE (half = split into 2 equal parts)
Find the product of 4 and 5. What operation does 'PRODUCT' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
MULTIPLY (product = the answer to multiplication)
Liam has 10 cards and Owen has 6. How many more does Liam have? What operation does 'HOW MANY MORE' tell you to use: ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
SUBTRACT (how many more = compare by subtracting)
Find the sum of 7 and 6. What operation does 'sum' tell you to use :ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ADD (sum = the answer to an addition problem)
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