Money Problems Banking & Checking

Operations and Key Words Examples: Jackson has 250 baseball cards and 175 football cards. How many baseball and football cards does he have in all? How many more baseball cards than football cards does Jackson have? Mrs. Silver has 5 rows of daisies in her garden. There are 6 daisies in each row. How many total daises are in Mrs. Silver's garden? Mrs. Silver also has lilies in her garden. She planted 18 daisies. She has 6 rows of daisies. How many daisies are in each row?

Addition & Subtraction Money Problems Step 1:  Underline operation key terms and circle important numbers. Step 2:  Ask: “What is this question asking me to do?” Step 3: Write a number sentence Step 4:  Rewrite the problem vertically.  Line up decimal points. Step 5: Solve and write the answer in dollars.

Multiplication Money Problems Step 1:  Underline operation key terms and circle important numbers. Step 2:  Ask: “What is this question asking me to do?” Step 3: Write a number sentence Step 4:  Count the number of decimal places. Step 5: Multiply the numbers Step 6: Put the decimal places back into the product (the answer) Step 7: Write the answer

Division Money Problems Step 1:  Underline operation key terms and circle important numbers. Step 2:  Ask: “What is this question asking me to do?” Step 3: Write a number sentence Step 4:  Divide the whole dollars first Step 5: Divide the cents next Step 6: Add the dollars and cents Step 7: Write the answer