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Rowan University Mathematics Questions

 

To solve the following word problem, would you add or subtract the two numbers given in the problem?

“A shelf has 16 mystery books and some historical novels on it. There are 8 more mystery books than historical novels. How many historical novels are on the shelf?”

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To solve the following word problem, would you add or subtract the two numbers given in the problem?

“There are some historical novels and some mystery books on a shelf. There are 5 fewer mystery books than historical novels. There are 14 historical novels. How many mystery books are on that shelf?”

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To solve the following word problem, would you add or subtract the two numbers given in the problem?

“A shelf in the library had some books on it. After a librarian removed 10 books, there were still 10 books on the shelf. How many books were on the shelf before the librarian removed 10 of the books?”

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To solve the following word problem, would you add or subtract the two numbers given in the problem?

“A librarian removed 9 books from a shelf in the library that originally had 15 books on it. How many books remained on the shelf?”

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To solve the following word problem, would you add or subtract the two numbers given in the problem?

“A shelf in the library had 14 books on it. After a librarian added some more books to that shelf, there were 22 books on it. How many books did the librarian add to the shelf?”

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Read the following word problem and determine what type of word problem it is with respect to the situation (e.g., “add to”) and identify the position of the unknown quantity. Then choose from the dropdown menu to correctly identify the problem type.

“A shelf in the library had 17 books on it. After a librarian removed some books, there were only 2 books remaining on the shelf. How many books did the librarian remove?”

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Read the following word problem and determine what type of word problem it is with respect to the situation (e.g., “add to”) and identify the position of the unknown quantity. Then choose from the dropdown menu to correctly identify the problem type.

“On Monday morning, there were 12 books on a shelf in the library. During the day on Monday, a librarian placed 5 more books on that shelf and nobody removed any books. How many books were on that shelf at the end of the day?”

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Read the following word problem and determine what type of word problem it is with respect to the situation (e.g., “add to”) and identify the position of the unknown quantity. Then choose from the dropdown menu to correctly identify the problem type.

“There are twelve apples in a basket. Eight of the apples are red and the rest are green. How many green apples are in the basket?”

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Read the following word problem and determine what type of word problem it is with respect to the situation (e.g., “add to”) and identify the position of the unknown quantity. Then choose from the dropdown menu to correctly identify the problem type.

“There were some books on a shelf in the library. After a librarian added 7 books to that shelf, there were 18 books on it. How many books were on that shelf to start with?”

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Read the following word problem and determine what type of word problem it is with respect to the situation (e.g., “add to”) and identify the position of the unknown quantity. Then choose from the dropdown menu to correctly identify the problem type.

“There are 10 red apples and 3 green apples in a basket. How many fewer green apples are there than red apples?”

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