Curricular Resources > 2004 Volume V > Unit 2 (04.05.02) > Section 18

The Craft of Word Problems

Developing Word Problems: A Student’s Task

Jennifer Ulatowski

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Appendix F

B.1. Tony and I were comparing our baseball card collections. I have 1 less card than Tony. I have 4 cards. How many cards does Tony have?

Operation utilized: addition

B.2. Tony and I were comparing our baseball card collections. I have 1 less card than Tony. Tony has 5 cards. How many cards does Tony have?

Operation utilized: subtraction

B.3. Tony and I were comparing our baseball card collections. I have twice as many cards as Tony. Tony has 5 cards. How many cards do I have?

Operation utilized: multiplication (or repeat addition)

B.4. Tony and I were comparing our baseball card collections. I have twice as many cards as Tony. I have 10 cards. How many cards does Tony have?

Operation utilized: division

B.5. Tony and I were comparing our baseball card collections. I have twice as many cards as Tony and 2 more besides. Tony has 5 cards. How many cards do I have?

Operations utilized: multiplication (or repeat addition) and addition

B.6. Tony and I were comparing our baseball card collections. I have twice as many cards as Tony and 2 more besides. I have 12 cards. How many cards does Tony have?

Operations utilized: subtraction and division

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