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Which Operation?

Decide which mathematical operation is required then use it to find the answers.

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Menu Level 1 Level 2 Multi-step Problems More Arithmetic

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This is level 1: problems involving numbers generally up to 12. You may not need all of the information given in the question. You can earn a trophy if you get at least 7 questions correct and you do this activity online.

1) After her birthday party Diana had 8 milk chocolates and 9 plain chocolates left out of 2 boxes. How many chocolates did Diana have altogether?
2) Diego went for a 11km walk on his 7th birthday but he quickly became tired and travelled the last 1km by bus. How many kilometers did Diego actually walk?
3) In a shop there are 8 vases arranged on 3 shelves. In each vase there were 4 flowers. How many flowers were there altogether?
4) Dylan likes to have 8 oranges squeezed to make orange juice every morning. It takes 12 minutes to do the squeezing. How many oranges does Dylan use in a whole week?
5) In a class of twenty two pupils there are eight friends who have been given a box of forty crayons to share equally between themselves. How many crayons will each of the friends receive?
6) Elizabeth is 8 years old. She is three years older than her brother and four years older than her sister. How old is Elizabeth's brother?
7) Ella scored 6 points in the first round of the quiz. She then scored 11 points in the second round and 5 points in the third round. What was the total number of points Ella scored in all three rounds?
8) This week forty cakes were set out in rows of 5 on a shop counter. Last week they were set out in rows of 10. How many rows were there this week?
9) Emma measured the heights of the three trees in her garden. The heights were 5m, 6m and 10m. What was the difference in heights of the tallest tree and the shortest tree?
10) Eric multiplies one of the numbers in the list below by another number in the list. The answer he got was also a number in the list. What product did Eric get? 3579111520

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Level 1 - Problems involving numbers generally up to 12

Level 2 - Problems involving numbers generally up to 100

Multi-step Problems - Solve multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.

More Arithmetic including lesson Starters, visual aids, investigations and self-marking exercises.

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don’t yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

Curriculum Reference

See the National Curriculum page for links to related online activities and resources.

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Vocabulary for Arithmetic

The total when numbers are added is called the sum
minuend − subtrahend = difference
multiplicand × multiplier = product
dividend ÷ divisor = quotient

You may also want to use a calculator to check your working. See Calculator Workout skill ##.

Don't wait until you have finished the exercise before you click on the 'Check' button. Click it often as you work through the questions to see if you are answering them correctly. You can double-click the 'Check' button to make it float at the bottom of your screen.

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don’t yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

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