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Problem Solving: Guess and Check
Sometimes guess and check is the best way to solve a word problem. Learners use the guess and check strategy to solve each of the 6 included story problems. Note: At times younger children have difficulty using estimation or the guess...
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Guess and Check
Teach your class how to guess and check to solve word problems. There are 4 single step word problems for them to solve.
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Math Stars: a Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 7
Put on your thinking caps because middle school math has never been more interesting in this huge resource full of thought provoking questions. Written as a newsletter, the resource has 10 two-page newsletters with a variety of...
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Math Stars: a Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 8
You've just hit the jackpot of integrating math problems and riddles with this jumbo-sized resource! Written as a newsletter, scroll through 35 pages of puzzles and quality problems to engage and encourage your learners to inquire and...
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Guess and Check Problem Solving 11.5
In this problem solving strategy worksheet, students read one story problem about collecting shells. Students answer 5 questions that outline the guess and check method. Students solve the problem.
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Problem Solving Guess and Check
In this problem solving worksheet, students use the guess and check method to solve 3 story problems. Students draw or write to show their work.
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Least Common Multiple
Give students detailed instructions on how to find the Least Common Multiple as well as practice with this thorough introductory worksheet. Instructions for this worksheet include an explanation of both guess and check as well as prime...
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Solving Equations
In this Algebra I worksheet, students use the guess and check method to determine the solution to a one variable equation. The three page worksheet contains twenty-three problems. Answers are not provided.
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Coffee
There are many ways to correlate coffee to life, but in this case a worksheet looks at the price of two different sizes of coffee. It requires interpreting a graph with two unknown variables, in this case the price, and solving for those...
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4th Grade Math Quiz
In this grade 4 math quiz worksheet, 4th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 4 concepts.
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Math 32 Worksheet: Quadratic Equations
In this quadratic equations activity, high schoolers solve 12 short-answer problems. Students find real and irrational solutions to given functions. High schoolers raise irrational numbers to irrational powers.
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Math Who Am I?
In this math terms puzzle worksheet, students read the description for each math term. Students try to guess what each term is. Students circle the third letter in the box to check their answers.
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Number Towers
Number towers use addition or multiplication to ensure each level is equal. While this is common in factoring, it is often not used with algebraic equations. Solving these six questions relies on problem solving skills and being able to...
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Problem Solving Strategies Post Test
For this problem solving strategies worksheet, students answer a set of 10 multiple choice questions. Students may click on a link to see correct answers.
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Scott the Painter
In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite a word problem using algebraic symbols. They create a table to figure out what rooms should be painted first and in what order. There is an answer key to this problem.
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Reading Challenge
In this math word problem worksheet, students use division to determine the page number Kelly was reading before she gave it to Andrew. Students also complete a challenge question and a graph for the reading challenge word problem.
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Calculations with Negative Numbers
In this algebra instructional activity, students solve algebraic equations by addition with negative numbers. There are 3 questions with an answer key.
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6: Adding with Negative Numbers
In this adding negative numbers worksheet, students solve three multi-part short answer problems. Students add negative integers. Students evaluate addition and subtraction expressions for given values.