2. 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.
3. The following pages will
show you certain words
to look for and hopefully
make doing word
problems a lot more fun!
4. Steps for Solving Word
Problems
1. READ IT!
2. PLAN IT!
3. SOLVE IT!
4. CHECK IT!
5. 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
13. 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?
14. 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?
15. 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?
16. 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?
17. 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?
18. 6. Mount McKinley is
20,320 feet high. Mount
Kennedy is 16,286 feet
high. How much higher is
Mount McKinley than
Mount Kennedy?
