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Unit Rate Problem Solving
Eight word problems and a well organized answer sheet make up a practice page designed to reinforce unit rates.
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Menu Math
Getting a meal, side dish, drink, and dessert can be delicious—but it can be expensive too! Practice addition and subtraction with money in a instructional activity that focuses on a sample menu, complete with task cards and word problems.
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Get Ready For Problem Solving Strategies
Problem solving strategies are the focus of this math PowerPoint. Young mathematicians are introduced to the TAKS problem solving model, then practice by completing 38 slides filled with practice problems. Drawing pictures of the...
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Inequality Word Problems
This inequality word problems activity is ideal to assess your learners' understanding of inequality and linear concepts around solving and writing equations and inequalities. Equations, graphs and real-life scenarios are used to assure...
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Length Word Problems
Who has the longest cell phone? Find this and other wacky measurement scenarios in this set of length word problems. There are 10 problems here, and scholars show their work for each in a provided space. They determine lengths given how...
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Practice Makes Perfect - Division Word Problems
In this division activity, 4th graders read four word problems. Students solve each problem by using division. There will be remainders in some and others will require long division process.
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Analyzing Word Problems Involving Multiplication
Learners sometimes have difficulty making sense of a word problem. In a guided learning activity, pupils are asked to think about how to find an answer and explain their thinking, rather than finding the answer. It allows them to...
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Addition Word Problems to 20 Independent - Practice Worksheet
First-grade mathematicians are encouraged to draw pictures to help solve ten word problems. Each of the problems will require your young counters to employ counting on strategies. The resource can be used for independent practice or...
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Independent Practice 2: Fraction Word Problems
Learners solve and complete 10 different problems that include word problems and various fractions. Terrific independent practice problems.
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Multiplication and Division Word Problems
Expose your scholars to practical uses of multiplication and division through these 10 word problems. Each has a designated space for learners to show their work, and they are encouraged to draw pictures to show their processing. Numbers...
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Making Sense of the Answer- Solving Word Problems
In this math problem solving learning exercise, students read each word problem, underline the code words, and write the operation that should be used to solve each problem. They explain their reasoning for choosing the particular...
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Practice Makes Perfect
When learning how to decipher and compute word problems, this interactive math activity will enhance the experience. Four word problems require the multiplication of single digits to solve. Learners click "I Am Done!" to check their...
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Division Word Problems
How can 64 blueberries be equally divided into eight bowls? Mathematicians solve this and more word problems with division scenarios. There are seven total, and scholars choose answers from a list. Because there are an equal number of...
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Word Problems that Use All Operations
These word problems put your mathematicians' skills to the test. They utilize addition, subtraction, multiplication and division knowledge to solve 10 math scenarios. There's room for them to show work, and these all end up as...
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Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities
One thing that puzzles a lot of young algebrists is the factors in a word problem that are taken as "understood". This presentation on solving systems of linear inequalities does a great job walking the learner through how to tease those...
Salt Lake City School District
Two-Step Word Problems
Learners model a real-life scenario by writing a two-step algebra equation and solving it, as they complete this activity. Ten practice word problems on one piece of paper are nicely prepared just for your young algebra learners.
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Subtraction Math Problems
In this multiplication worksheet, 3rd graders problem solve 12 subtraction math problems by figuring out the missing number in each one that completes each problem.
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Rice Math Problems
Third graders practice solving math equations using rice as their subject. They translate situations involving rice into math equations in order to solve them properly. They also discover and practice using math vocabulary terms...
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Problem Solving - Draw a Diagram
There is an excellent strategy for learners to use when faced with a word problem that uses fractions. This presentation shows how to draw a diagram of the fractions in the problem in order to get a visual representation. Although brief,...
CK-12 Foundation
Percent of Change: The Pizza Conundrum
Nine questions—multiple choice and fill in the blank—challenge mathematicians to solve money word problems. Looking closely at prices, scholars use a formula to identify percent increases and decreases based on an original and new price....
Scholastic
Sums & Differences
Word problem solving and inter-galaxy football combine to offer a great worksheet for practicing adding and subtracting whole numbers!
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Calculator Word Problems
Eight word problems help learners to problem-solve using a calculator. They'll add, subtract, multiply, and divide to find each answer. Note: The problems are intended for a British audience so all monetary values are in pounds and...
Virginia Department of Education
Practical Problems Involving Decimals
After discussing decimals and "going shopping" in the classroom, young mathematicians are given four practical word problems that require them to estimate their answers, given specific information. The highlight of the lesson plan is...
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Multistep Ratio and Percent Word Problems - Step-by-Step Lesson
What happens when you have a recipe and need to up the measurements? Here is a lesson that explains how to use ratios to convert measurements and percents with worked out problems. Also provided are additional resources and practice...