Grade 5 math · AI.1 · Choose the Operation
Add, subtract, multiply or divide? Word problems
Add, subtract, multiply or divide?
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A store room has 19 boxes with 12 pencils in each. How many pencils is that?
Answer: 228 pencils
Yusuf skied 5.85 km on Saturday and 3.45 km on Sunday. How far did Yusuf ski in all?
Answer: 9.30 km
The science centre had 27,345 visitors in July and 33,413 in August. How many visitors came in those two months?
Answer: 60,758 visitors
Tip: Add, subtract, multiply or divide?
Curriculum
Common Core: 4.NBT.B.5, 5.NBT.B.6, 5.NBT.B.7
Ontario Mathematics (2020): B2.1, B2.4, B2.6, B2.7
On paper: this skill is in the printable pack Grade 5 Word Problems: 100 Canadian Situations, with an answer key.
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