At Home Word Problems

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Directions: Print out the word problem cards below. Read each card. Use your knowledge of the four operations to
determine if the problem should be solved using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. If desired (but not
required) solve the problem using your favorite Math material.

Note to Teacher or Parent: After printing the cards, use a colored pencil, marker, or round sticker to color code the
reverse side of each card according to the answer key so that the child may check his or her work independently.
Use red for addition, green for subtraction, yellow for multiplication and blue for division.

Daylia enjoys collecting

nature as she walks along the
sidewalk. On her way home,
she picks up 3 rocks, 4
blades of grass, 2 small
sticks, and 5 acorns. How do
we find out how many items
she collected during her
walk?

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Nayna drinks two glasses of
milk every morning. How do
we find out how many
glasses of milk she will drink
in 1 week?
Mrs. Myesha’s class spent the
entire day picking up
pinecones. If each bag holds
50 pinecones, and 8 bags
were filled, how do we find
out the number of pinecones
collected by the class?
Anushka and Jenna want to
compare the red rods and
the number rods. If each
child brings 10 rods to the
mat, how do we find out the
number of rods being
compared?
Mary walks her dog 2 miles
around the neighborhood
each day. How do we find
out the number of miles they
will walk by the end of
September, which has 30
days?
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Mrs. Myesha asked the
children to bring pictures of
their families for the
yearbook. If each of the 24
children brings 3 pictures,
how do we find out how
many pictures Mrs. Myesha
will be adding to the
yearbook?
Lilly, Kaya, and Kimora spent
the afternoon watching the
birds who were visiting the
bird feeder. Lilly saw 4
cardinals, Kaya spotted 5
robins, and Kimora saw 3
chickadees. How do we find
out how many birds visited
the bird feeder?
The All-Day class prepared
vegetable soup for Arbor Day.
Rayan added 3 ears of corn,
Jayen added 2 stalks of celery,
Charlie added 5 cloves of garlic,
Niko added 7 potatoes, Brennan
added 1 sliced zucchini, and
Jiyan added 1 sliced squash.
How do we find out how many
vegetables were added to the
soup?
Lena spent the entire
morning making cupcakes
for her family. She gave her
brother 2 cupcakes, her
mother 1 cupcake, and her
father 4 cupcakes. She kept
3 for herself. How do we find
out how many cupcakes
Lena made?
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Angelina spent the afternoon
listening to the new classical
music CD introduced to the
class. She listened to 3
compositions by Bach, 2
Etudes by Debussy, and 4
Rondo’s by Tchaikovsky.
How do we find out how
many songs Angelina
listened to?
The Tang family holds its
annual family reunion in
Atlanta each spring. Uncle
Edwin drives 314 miles from
North Carolina. Uncle Wang
drives 597 miles from Virginia.
Uncle Li drives 834 miles from
Texas. How do we find out how
many miles the uncles must
drive to meet each other?

Hibba’s mother brought in 14

Violet hung 8 wet dusting
pink roses for flower
cloths on the clothesline to
arranging. At the end of the
dry. At the end of the day, 4
day, 4 arrangements had
were dry enough to be
been made, each using 1
brought inside. How do we
pink rose. How do we find
find out how many dusting
out the number of roses
cloths were not dry enough
available for flower arranging
to be brought inside?
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 At the beginning of the day,
Ms. Nicole placed 13 bottles
50 crackers were placed on
of water in the refridgerator.
the snack table. At the end of
Corinne, Ruby, and Maksim
the day, the assistant
each drank one bottle of her
counted 13 crackers. How
water. How do we find out
do we find out how many
how many bottles are in now
crackers were eaten during
the refridgerator?
the day?

The Choi family made tacos

Mommy gave Katerina 35
for dinner. Mrs. Choi
pencils to sharpen. If Katerina
prepared 27 taco shells. If
sharpened 14 pencils before
there are 9 people in the
lunch, how do we find out the
family, how do we find out
number of pencils she has to
how many tacos each
sharpen after lunch?
person can have?

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Abigail, Nayna, Camryn, and
Lilly volunteered to clean the
class’s 44 erasers. How do we
find out how many erasers
each person cleaned if they
each contributed the same
effort?
There are 16 apples in the
snack basket. If the father
gives the same number of
apples to each of his 4
children, how do we find out
how many apples each child
gets?
A farmer collected 30 eggs
from his 6 chickens. How do
we find out how many eggs
each chicken gave?
Mrs. Imani’s afternoon class has
chosen to sew a patchwork
quilt for the annual school
fundraiser. Mrs. Imani brought in
90 patches. If each of the 9
children in the class sews the
same number of patches, how
do we find out how many
patches one child will
contribute to the quilt?
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ANSWER KEY:

Page 1
Multiplication Multiplication
Multiplication Multiplication

Page 2
Multiplication Addition
Addition Addition

Page 3
Addition Addition
Subtraction Subtraction

Page 4
Subtraction Subtraction
Subtraction Division

Page 5
Division Division
Division Division

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