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Quia
Quia: Story Problems With Mixed Practice
Your problem-solving skills are put to the test in this interactive word problem game on this site. Employ a variety of mathematical skills and strategies including logical reasoning and computation. Multiple choice problems created for...
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Word and Real Life Problems
Are you looking for some problem solving activities to do with your class? Look no farther. This site includes games, worksheets, presentations in PowerPoint, and smartboard files.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Music Center: Mixed Problem Solving
Help Dracco the drummer with solving different fun math problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Multiplication Replacement to Find a New Amount
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must solve word problems involving multiplication by replacing parts of an equation to determine a new amount. An instructional...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Animal Legs
Students solve multiplication story problems using repeated addition in this interactive web lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 3.oa, Md, Nbt Classroom Supplies
The purpose of this task is for students to solve problems involving the four operations and draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Aligns with 3.NBT.A.2;...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiplication Problems Grouping of Items and Total Items
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to solve word problems where there are different sizes of groups and they must find the total number of items or the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiplication Involving Distance
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice solving word problems that use multiplication to find the distance.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division of Lengths
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to solve word problems about length and distance that involve any of the four operations. Includes video demonstrating a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiplication Sentences Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video models how to solve a multiplication word problem using pictures, writing the number sentence and solving.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiplication Sentences Numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video models how to solve a multiplication word problem using pictures, writing the number sentence and solving. The video is followed by a series of practice...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Grouping Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes solving a division word problem by using multiplication and grouping. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the...
Math Playground
Math Playground: Thinking Blocks
This lesson teaches students how to use colored blocks to model word problems. There are several sets of problems each for addition / subtraction, multiplication / division, and ratio word problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiplication Problems Involving Grouping of Items
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students solve word problems using multiplication.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Multiplication / Division Hula [Pdf]
In this instructional activity, 3rd graders use their physical bodies to solve multiplication and division problems, using Hula Hoops to help group and enact math problems.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Calculation Tips & Tricks: Multiplication Tips
Find tips for multiplying by 5, 9, and 11, and learn how to solve math problems without a calculator. This site includes explanations and examples for gifted children and teachers wanting to challenge their students.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Multiplication and Division Word Problems
In this exercise, students practice using composite numbers. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
PBS
Pbs: Modeling Fraction Multiplication With Equal Groups
This video presents a visual model for solving a word problem involving the multiplication of fractions. The problem asks students to use the amount of bamboo that a panda eats in an hour to determine how much he eats in a quarter of an...
Math Playground
Math Playground: Thinking Blocks: Multiplication
This interactive resource gives students opportunities to model and solve multiplication and division word problems. It is divided into multiple activites, which cover topics including finding missing products, divisors, quotients, and...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: The Meaning of Multiplication: Mental Calculation
If you are looking for a website that explains and defines the basics of mental multiplication with helpful hints then you have arrived at an excellent resource. There are even practice problems at the very end of the lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 3.oa the Stamp Collection
This task uses language, half of the stamps, that students associate with multiplication by the fraction 1/2. Students will understand half of 120 to mean the number obtained by dividing 120 by 2. For students who are unfamiliar with...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Everyday Math
Students will work as a class to solve word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and simple fractions. To culminate the lesson, students will create their own word problems.
PBS
Pbs: Modeling Fraction Multiplication Using Arrays
This video illustrates a word problem involving the multiplication of fractions using an array to model the solution visually. The problem involves puffins, arctic birds that live in colonies and fish to feed their young.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Hamburger Restaurant: Multiplication
On this interactive site students practice multiplication skills. At the end of the lesson students will be able to perform multiplication facts, find the connection between addition and multiplication and use multiplication to solve...