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

1.READ IT!2.PLAN IT!3.SOLVE

IT!4.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!

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