Word problem workshop

Ms. Boggs’s Word Problem Workshop

Doing word problems can be tricky if you don’t know what clues to look for. Every word problem contains code words to help us solve them.

The following pages will show you certain words to look for and hopefully make doing word problems a lot more fun!

Steps for Solving Word Problems
READ IT!
PLAN IT!
SOLVE IT!
CHECK IT!

How do we do that?
1. Read the word problem carefully.
2. Find your clue words and CIRCLE THEM !
3. Identify the question(s)*
4. Plan how to solve the problem. (Drawing pictures helps!!)
5. Work the plan to solve the problem

Let’s look at some of our “Clue” words!

Addition
Sum
Total
added to
plus
increases by
in all
both
together
altogether

Subtraction
Difference
fewer
less
decreased by
minus
how much more
how much less
remain

Multiplication
Of ( ½ of)
each
product
times
twice
at (at $2 each)

Division
Into
each
how much did each
quotient
half
distribute
share

Okay, let’s practice some problems! Remember to follow the steps!

1. A store received a shipment of car parts. One box contained 148 parts, another had 132 parts, and the third had 216 parts. How many parts were received in all?

2. Together a truck and its cargo weigh 24,525 pounds. When the truck is empty, it weighs 12,750 pounds. What is the weight of the cargo?

3. There are 68 street lights along Main Street. Each light uses 4,225 watts of electrical power. When all of the lights are on, how many watts of electrical power are being used?

4. Last year a total of 5,904 people attended the Hawks’ home basketball games. There were 36 home games, and the same number of people attended each game. How many people attended each home game?

5. A bakery used the following amounts of milk: 9,421 kilograms; 6,125 kilograms; 8,123 kilograms; and 8,584 kilograms. What was the total amount of milk used?

6. Mount McKinley is 20,320 feet high. Mount Kennedy is 16,286 feet high. How much higher is Mount McKinley than Mount Kennedy?

Keep Working on the problems in your packet.

But don’t forget to…
Read it
Plan it
Solve it
Check it

Word problem workshop

by ejboggs on Jan 13, 2009

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