Learn how to read and understand word problems so you can solve them.

Practice solving more challenging addition and subtraction word problems with "more" and "fewer". Multi-step problems are also included. Numbers used are 100 or less. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...

Second-Grade teacher Aimee Salazar uses this instructional activity year-round to teach young scholars number sense by creating their own word problems. included are monthly mini-books titled "What's the Problem" with monthly themed...

Students will be able to solve subtraction word problems using objects and write a numeral for the solution.

Students will be able to solve subtraction word problems using objects.

This video features Harry and his cousin Harley. Harley is desperate to use Harry's bike, but first he must decipher the combination to the bike lock by solving a word problem. In the accompanying classroom activity, students complete a...

A tutorial that explains how to solve word problems. It points out key words that signal operations or what is being measured, and wording that is confusing and needs to be simplified. Presents lots of examples, both simple and complex,...

This site demonstrates how to solve 'coin' word problems, given relationships between the types of coins.

Demonstrates, step-by-step and with illustrations, how to set up and solve 'number' problems.

Practice solving word problems by adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. Gaby ate 2 slices of pie and Daniel ate 2. If there were 10 slices of pie all together, what fraction did they eat? Students receive immediate...

Solve all sorts of word problems with crazy contexts that use polygons on the coordinate plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Practice solving volume word problems involving objects like fish tanks, truck beds, and refrigerators. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Use estimation to solve multi-step word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

The big idea of this instructional activity is to have students write their own word problems to help them have a better understanding of mathematical operations, as they relate to real world scenarios.

Practice word problems that involve thinking about angles as part of a circle.

The lesson plan for an interesting word problem concerning swimming and rowing across a river, being swept downstream by the current, and walking back up the other side. Basic arithmetic skills are all that are needed to approach the...

Demonstrates how to set up and solve 'percent of' word problems such as 'What percent of 16 is 5?'.

This resource contains a lesson on the slope and y-intercept of a line and how to interpret them in word problems.

Solve word problems that involve systems of linear inequalities.

Solve word problems about real world relationships that are given in tables.

Demonstrates how to translate, set up, and solve basic right-triangle word problems.

Learners use problem-solving and arithmetic skills to answer ten word problems. Students can check their answers when they are finished.

Learners use problem-solving and arithmetic skills to answer ten word problems. Students can check their answers when they are finished.

Using a variety of visual representations to solve real world percent problems.