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Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Today the temperature is 45°C. This is an increase of 9°C from yesterday's temperature. What was the temperature yesterday.	Subtract because the phrase "This is an increase of" tells you the answer after adding. You will need to subtract to find what the temperature was before adding 9°C.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Find the product of 63 and 7.	Multiply because you are asked to find the "product" which is the answer to a multiplication problem.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. The drive from home to the mall is twice as long as the drive from home to school. If the drive from home to school takes 45 minutes, how long does it take to drive from home to the mall?	The word "twice" tells you to multiply by 2.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Today the number of students who went on the field trip was 16 more than the number who went on the trip last week, which was 32. How many students went on the trip today?	Since this problem has the phrase " 16 more than" you will need to add last weeks number to find the number of students who are attending the trip today.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Mom has 24 strawberries to share equally among her 6 children. How many strawberries will each child get to eat?	Divide because more is going to share equally the strawberries.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Mom is going to need 24 strawberries for each of the 6 pies she is going to make. How many strawberries will she need?	Multiply because she is making 6 pies and in each pie she will put 24 strawberries. Its like repeated addition of 24 + 24 + 24 + 24 + 24+ 24 =
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. The Burj Khalifa, which is 830 meters, is 40 times as tall as the height of my villa. How tall is my villa?	You will need to divide because the phrase "which is 830" tells you the answer after you have multiplied 40 and the height of your villa. So, you are working backwards which requires you to divide.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. The quotient of 6 and a number is 36. What is the number?	Multiply because you are told the answer to a division problem. So to find the numbers from the original problem you work backwards, meaning you multiply.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Our school is taking an amusement park. We used 20 busses with 40 students on each bus to transport all the student to the park. How many students went on the trip?	Multiply because each of the 20 busses had the same number of students on it.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. John is 140 cm tall. His brother is a 131 cm tall. What is the difference in their heights?	Since you are comparing the heights of the brothers you will need to subtraction to find the difference.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. John, the shortest brother, is 140 cm tall. There is a difference of 16 cm between John and his brother Joe. How tall is Joe?	Since John is the shorter brother you will need to add to find how tall Joe, the taller brother is.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Our swimming coach said 45 people passed their test last week. This week the number decrease by 5 people. How many people passed this week?	Since the number you are given needs to decrease you will need to subtract.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. There are 76 children swinging on the swings at the park. Since every swing has 4 children on it, how many swings are at the park?	Since every swing has the same number of children, the children are equally shared on the swings, you will need to divide.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. A car had 30 liters of petrol in its tank. During a journey, 17 liters of petrol were used. How much petrol remained in the tank?	Since the petrol was used, this indicates you will need to subtract.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. There were 725 black and white fliers printed for for a celebration. Later, 425 color fliers were printed. How many fliers were printed altogether?	This problem is asking you for the number of fliers altogether, therefore you will need to add.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Seventy pages of a notebook have been used. If the notebook had 130 pages, how many blank pages are left?	In this problem you are told the total number of pages the notebook had when it was new and the number that have been used, therefore you will need to subtract.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. The captain of a ship loaded 600 containers in 12 equal rows. How many containers are there in each row?	Since the total, 600 containers, is shared equally among 12 rows, you will need to divide.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. Emily has a collection of 345 stamps. How many stamps did she have before giving away 38 to special friends?	You will need to add the number of stamps she currently has to the number of stamps she has given away to determine how many stamps Emily had BEFORE she gave away stamps.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. The zoo keepers have 84 bananas to share equally among 12 monkeys. How many bananas will each monkey receive?	Since the bananas are shared equally you will need to divide.
Decide if you must add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve the problem. So far Hank has read 56 pages of a book about pirates. He counted 124 pages left in the book. How many total pages are in the book?	Since you are given parts of the book, pages read and pages left, you will need to add to determine how many total pages are in the book.

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