Year 6 maths · 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?
On paper: this skill is in the printable pack Grade 5 Word Problems: 100 Canadian Situations, with an answer key.
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