This page gives students a guide for problem solving. A list of strategies is presented, and each strategy has an example to demonstrate it.

Students look for patterns to determine how many valentines will be distributed in a class of 28 students. After trying the problem, they can look at several other methods that could be used and compare the answer they got. There is also...

This is a resource for elementary word problems. It links to interactive and hands-on sites with videos and strategies.

Word problems solved by multiplying three numbers together.

Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly shows how to solve word problems in which the derived equation has fractions involved. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student...

In this Cyberchase video, the Teleporter breaks and the CyberSquad must try to fix it using clues given to them by Ms. Fileshare. This is one in a series of two problem-solving videos. [3:49]

[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, this short story helps students understand how countries solve problems. Questions that assess multiple reading skills are provided.

Follow the directions at this one page website. You will get lots of practice plotting points on the coordinate grid and experience with transformational geometry.

Lana lives near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Help her count the animals in and around the reef.

This learning exercise provides a series of problem-solving questions that require higher order thinking skills. Questions will include finding the greatest common divisor, and least common multiple.

Understand the basics of multiplication from this brief overview that contains related vocabulary, symbols, and examples of this operation. Students can practice this skill using the single-digit multiplication games. Both games are...

Use the clues Tom gives you to figure out his number. The solution is right there on this one page website.

This site includes a graphic organizer to help students use the ACE acronym to help them read word problems with high comprehension. In the graphic organizer, students' reading of word problems requires them to "ask" [A], "choose" [C],...

Multiplication word problems where three numbers are multiplied together to solve the problems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will write, graph, and solve direct variation models for real-world problems. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, study vocabulary, watch...