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Place Value Through Billions
In this place value worksheet, students read and solve 6 story problems that involve understanding place value through the billions place.
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Gathering Data to Problem Solve
Learners, while using reading and writing strategies (subheads, prediction, skim, details, drawing inferences, etc,), solve math problems that involve gathering and representing data (addition, subtraction, multiplication). They practice...
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One Dollar
In this money practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that involve sums of 1 dollar.
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Solve Addition and Subtraction Equations
For this solving addition and subtractions equations practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Divide by a Fraction
In this dividing by fractions practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Do I Add? or Subtract?
Fourth graders read a book. In this word problems lesson plan, 4th graders review the operations addition and subtraction, read the book Sea Sums, learn strategies for determining if they should add or subtract, and solve story problems,
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What's on Sale?
Students explore sale items. In this money and percent math lesson, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper. Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts. Students complete a math...
Baylor College
Food: The Math Link
Enrich your study of food science with with these math worksheets. They offer a variety of food-related word problems that are great practice for multiplying, identifying fractions, estimating length, and performing calculations with...
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Problem -Solving Decision: Explain Your Answer Practice 5.8
In this explaining solutions worksheet, students read and solve 3 story problems that involve addition and subtraction. Students must explain their answers.
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Grocery Store Problem Solving
Young scholars use multiple math skills to complete grocery story problems. In this grocery math lesson, students study grocery ads to learn about the cost of foods. Young scholars investigate food types and the costs of processed versus...
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My Test Book: Addition and Subtraction
In this math skills worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice math problems that require them use their addition and subtraction skills to solve the story problems. Students may view the correct answers.
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Solving Math Word Problems
Students use five word problem solving skills to solve a variety of math word problems. They observe the teacher modelling the five steps, and in small groups complete two worksheet word problems. Students read the problem, find the...
Computer Science Unplugged
Ice Roads–Steiner Trees
As an introduction to Steiner Trees, class members are challenged to find the shortest paths to connect multiple points. The teacher introduces the problem by showing how to connect three points. Groups then go outside and construct a...
Savvas Learning
Saxon Math 5/4
You'll never have to search for another worksheet again after downloading this extensive collection of Saxon math materials. With over 600 pages of example problems and skills practice exercises, this is a must-have resource for any...
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Use Negative Numbers
In this problem solving learning exercise, students read and solve 6 story problems pertaining to borrowing and paying back money. Students use instead simple subtraction and addition. No answers will be negative numbers.
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Hands On: Tenths and Hundredths
In this fractions worksheet, students read 6 story problems in which fractions and equivalent fractions are converted. No addition or subtraction is needed; students simply write a fraction that corresponds to the problem.
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Word Problem Exchange
Learners discuss elements of word problems: key words, data, computation clues, and unnecessary information and use the four steps of problem solving to find a solution and check for reasonableness.
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Simple Strategies
Here is a fabulous lesson plan on problem solving strategies for your charges. In it, learners are presented with many excellent techniques they can use when faced with a multi-step math word problem. Some terrific blackline masters are...
Scholastic
Guess and Check
How can you find the solution to an addition or subtraction problem by guessing? Practice the guess-and-check strategy with a fun math activity based on Ms. Squid's ink mess on the homework. Kids determine which number is covered by the...
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Hands On: Rename to Subtract
In this fraction subtraction practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems by renaming whole numbers
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Rename to Subtract
In this subtraction of fractions practice activity, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require renaming.
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Model Subtraction
In this subtraction practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems using the provided table.
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Making Subtraction Number Stories
In this subtraction number story worksheet, students read a number story at the top of the page which is told by a cartoon-like picture of a mouse. They write their own number stories for 3 more subtraction problems.
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Crow Boy
There is a difference between actions, motives, and the appearance of a character in a narrative text. Fourth graders explore character analysis through the dramatic arts. They create a series of movements, tableaus, and pantomimes to...