Name ________________________________________________ Date ________________ Period _________
Identifying Key Words
In each of the following word problems, identify the operation (add, subtract,
multiply, or divide) that needs to be used. DO NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS!
1. Ashley has 327 marbles in her collection. Amber has 139 marbles. How
many more marbles does Ashley have? ___________________________________________
2. There are 12 seventh grade classrooms. Mr. Enderle distributed 30 books
per classroom. How many books did Mr. Enderle start with? __________________
3. A tiger rattlesnake is 91 centimeters long. Another rattlesnake is 129
centimeters long. What is their combined length? ______________________________
4. The soccer coach bought 11 super sundaes for the team. They cost $3.29
each. How much did it cost the coach? ___________________________________________
5. At Home Depot in the summer, you can buy 4 plants for $20. What is the cost
of one? _______________________________________________________________________________
6. Admission to Great America last summer was $55. This year, the price
increased by $5. What is the new admission cost to Great America? __________
7. Leslie baked 250 cookies to be split between 10 boxes. How many cookies
will be in each box? _________________________________________________________________
8. The tallest slide at the park is 14 feet tall. The shortest slide is 3 feet tall.
What is the difference between their heights? ___________________________________
9. Alexa owes $24 to her mom and $19 to her sister. What is the sum of her
debts? ________________________________________________________________________________
10. Jolene’s shoeprint is 6.5 inches long. She left a 39-inch long line of
shoeprints. How many shoeprints were in the line? ____________________________
11. At the ice cream store, it costs $2.95 for a triple scoop of ice cream and $2.79
for a regular sundae. What is the total of both? _________________________________
12. What is one-third of 15? ___________________________________________________________
13. Emily went to her favorite store in the mall. She saw a pair of jeans that
originally cost $34, but is now reduced by $10. What is the new price of the
pair of jeans? ________________________________________________________________________
14. Danny won a bag of 800 candies. He split them evenly among his 25
classmates. How many candies did each classmate receive? ___________________
15. What is the product of 19 and 3? __________________________________________________
16. Suzanne wants to take 12 friends to see a movie to celebrate her birthday.
The tickets for the movie cost $10.50 per person. How much money does she
need for all of them? ________________________________________________________________
17. There were 37 fish swimming in the fish tank at the pet store. After a
customer purchased some of them, the number decreased by 4. How many
fish are left in the tank? ____________________________________________________________
18. At the beginning of the school year, Adam had 12 pencils, Bobby had 24
pencils, and Celina had 4 pencils. How many pencils did they have
altogether? __________________________________________________________________________
19. What is 8 subtracted from 15? _____________________________________________________
20. What is the quotient of 40 and 5? _________________________________________________