Identifying Operations in Word Problems Math Vocabulary Key Words Sort & Posters
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Do your students struggle with key words for math operations? Do they have difficulty solving word problems because they aren’t sure what the math key words mean? These math vocabulary cards are a quick and easy solution to help your students practice their math key words easily! These math vocabulary cards include 35 key words for math operations that are sorted into the four math operations: add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
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Do your students struggle with key words for math operations? Do they have difficulty solving word problems because they aren’t sure what the math key words mean? These math vocabulary cards are a quick and easy solution to help your students practice their math key words easily! These math vocabulary cards include 35 key words for math operations that are sorted into the four math operations: add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
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What’s Included?
- Large categories and key words for classroom display
- Individual Sized categories and key words for students or interactive notebooks
- Individual printable – glue and sort the phrases into the correct column
How do I use this activity?
- Add magnets to the words and have students sort on the whiteboard.
- Create a bulletin board.
- Add words as you learn each operations throughout the school year.
Math Vocabulary Cards include the following terms:
- add
- subtract
- multiply
- divide
- times
- addition
- altogether
- sum
- how much farther
- into
- of
- area
- distribute evenly
- quotient
- plus
- product
- each
- minus
- decrease
- increase
- combined
- left over
- less
- twice
- difference
- equal parts
- double
- triple
- total
- addends
- take away
- factor
- remove
- how many left
- divisor
- dividend
- subtrahend
- minuend
- share
You can laminate and display these math key words as a sort on the white board or bulletin board. If you are looking to make this more interactive, give each student a copy of the words, have them cut the vocabulary terms out, then sort into the four math categories to make fun math vocabulary games! They could glue these onto poster papers or sheets of construction paper, too to create personal math key words anchor charts.
Here’s what other teachers have to say about these math vocabulary cards…
⭐ “Great for my math board!”
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49 reviews for Identifying Operations in Word Problems Math Vocabulary Key Words Sort & Posters
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Elisabeth L. –
EXCELLENT resource! This was exactly what I needed!
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Ashley T. –
Awesome product
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Meredith B. –
Great resource for my students, challenging enough to keep them engaged.
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Sticky Notes and Teaching –
Great for my math board!
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stacie L. –
I used it to sort math key words in their journals
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Samantha S. –
Love this! We slowly add an key word to our operation sign as we use them in word problems each day!!! Helps the students visually see what a key word goes to and is telling the students to do.
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Shatia B. –
My students loved this resource!
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Lyndsie Asbury –
This is great for special education.
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happilyinthird –
Perfect resource to add to our math wall and students reference during word problems.
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Sarah Freeman –
Loved it! It was a great resource; my students found it fun and engaging.
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Samantha Bolivar –
Thank you! This was a great resource for my students.
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Annelise Bliss –
This is great for teaching my speech students the vocabulary needed for learning how to understand the words in math problems.
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Melody Lee Q. –
My students really loved this resource. Thank you!
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Erin W. –
A great resource that helped me effectively and efficiently plan for student learning! Thank you for creating such an amazing resource!
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Teaching Abroad and Beyond –
Very helpful for my tutoring students. Well done and comprehensive.
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Katherine A. –
This was a great resource for my students. I also made an anchor chart for students to use as a reference from the sort.
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Lee Ann R. –
My students were very enjoyed the sort and the anchor chart we made together using these terms is displayed in the class and referred to constantly.
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The Smile Files –
Helping in discussing patterns in key words and operations.
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Terry S. –
This is a great resource to use in small group. Cut up all words and have the students to sort according to heading. Game changer!
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Joy Patterson –
I have this hanging in my room and my students reference it often!!!
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Jen’s Middle School Math Goodies –
This was a great resource and I plan to use it again! I used it in two ways as an introductory numerical expressions lesson: I used the large words as a four corners activity with my students. Each student was given a word or phrase and had to sort themselves into the correct operation. Once we all agreed on the terms for each operation, each student then wrote their word under the operator on the board and we used the individual worksheets to make our own graphic organizer of operator words. The students were highly engaged in the lesson!
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Marjorie H. –
Thank you this is a great resource and I love using it in my classroom.
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Rachel Renner –
Perfect visual for students, and great activity to help them understand word problems even more.
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The Old Barn Teaching Co –
This was a great resource. Thank you for all the hard work.
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Katie L. –
Great resource for reviewing Math vocabulary with students.
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Robin B. –
I enjoyed this. We put the different catgories in our math notebooks to keep a handy reminder. thanks!
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Jamie Y. –
I am using this resource as part of an anchor chart. Students use quite often when solving word problems.
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Victoria S. –
I used this resource for in-class learning with my students. My students were struggling with math vocabulary, and this resource was very helpful for them.
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Paige Ortiz –
My students were engaged in the resource and had no problems!
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Climbing the Math Ladder –
Wow, students really struggle with math vocabulary words. I’ve taught 3rd, 5th and now 6th and they still don’t have them down. I posted these for one of my math units so they’d get used to seeing them.
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Kate M. –
Great resource to use with my special education caseload!
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Jamilee L. –
Easy to implement and use with my 5th grade class!
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Hebs in the Middle –
Loved this to help my students who need more support with solving word problems and math vocabulary
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The Print Patch –
I use these to create a key word wall in my math classrrom!
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Hannah B. –
This resource is great for review, especially since third grade at my school is a testing grade.
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Laura G. –
This is a great resources for me and my students.
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Annie D. –
Thank you for sharing this resource! It was a great purchase for my inclusion students!
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Margaret H. –
Excellent resource to provide direct instruction for word problems and vocabulary
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CLP learning –
The words are quite high level so more suitable for upper elementary grade level students.
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The Learning Ledger –
This is a great resource to post up for student reference throughout the year. Highly recommend!
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Michael P. –
Students learned a lot, stayed engaged, and found the resource clear, helpful, and very easy to use.
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Leopard Print Lessons with Mrs. Leo –
I have some students that really struggling with math concepts this year and this has been a great resource for them so far!
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Teaching by Tab –
I love the cut and paste option for my students. Gives them some kinetic learning!!!
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Jodi K. –
This was so easy to use. My students enjoyed it. Thank you!
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Christina T. –
This is a wonderful resource to have to review math vocabulary words and work through word problems!
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Coachin’ It Out –
This resource was easy to follow and worked wonderfully with my students. It made the lesson more enjoyable and saved me valuable preparation time!
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Kristina Kuhl –
This was a fabulous way to reinforce the skill that I covered earlier in the year.
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ALEXIS H. –
This is an easy to use and very engaging resource.
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Jennifer L. –
This was a great resource to use with my ELLS to continue to focus on identifying key words with the operation that they usually match.
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