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Missing Addends
In this early childhood math practice instructional activity, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to add.
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Read and Write Numbers to 100
In this early childhood math practice worksheet, learners use their problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to add or subtract.
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Write an Equation
In this math challenge learning exercise, students read 5 story problems and use their problem solving skills to write equations in order to solve each of them.
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Picture It
In this story problem activity, learners answer short answer question about a story problem. Students complete 6 questions about a story problems with 1 digit numbers.
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Subtract from 9 and 10
For this subtraction worksheet, students solve story problems that involve subtracting from the numbers 9 and 10. There are six story problems to solve.
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Add with Zero
For this math word problem practice worksheet, students sharpen their addition skills as they find the sum in 6 story problems that require them to add with 0.
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Fractions and Decimals
In this fractions and decimals practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Sums Greater Than One
In this fractions practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that have sums greater than 1.
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Divide by a Fraction
For this dividing by fractions practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Evaluate Problem-Solving in the Context of Culture and Time-frame
Students examine literary elements in non-fiction literature. In this problem solving lesson, students read Rosa Parks, My Story and Beyond the Limits. Students make oral presentations based on the causes and effects, conflicts, and...
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Reasonable Answers
In this reasonable answers instructional activity, students solve 6 word problems in which estimation is used. Students circle the most reasonable answer from 3 choices.
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Writing in Math Class
Students brainstorm and discuss ways math is all around them, explain in writing how they solve math problems, describe mathematical ideas in writing, and create original story problems.
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Face The Facts To Remember
Second graders use manipulatives, drawings, and story problems to learn the two's multiplication tables. After learning how to find answers, they participate in a memory game to match facts and answers.
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How Many Frogs? challenge
In this addition word problem worksheet, students add to solve the first problem. use that sum to solve the following problem, and continue solving problems with the previous sums. Students solve four problems.
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Measuring the Egyptian Way using the Pythagorean Theorem
Students measure using the Pythagorean Theorem. In this geometry instructional activity, students solve right triangles using the properties of the Pythagorean theorem. They apply the same knowledge to solving story problems.
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Formulas Multiple Choice
In this formulas worksheet, learners determine the distance between two points. They read story problems, identify needed information, write equations and solve them. Students find the midpoint of a line. This two-page...
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Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse
Students solve related addition and subtraction problems. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students use the book Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise as the source of word problems for students to solve.
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Unequal Groups vs. Equal Groups
Third graders create their own chenille stems to use during this and future lessons. As a class, they discuss the difference between equal and non-equal groups. In groups, they brainstorm a list of items that come in groups of two,...
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Building Word Problems
Sixth graders study addition and subtraction facts. In equal groups, they play a race game to correctly solve addition and subtraction problems. Using a PowerPoint presentation, the teacher demonstrates how to write word problems and...
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Subtraction Problems
In this subtraction practice activity, students count the 3 sets of pictured items to aid them in solving 1-digit subtraction problems.
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Using the Correct Vocabulary to Solve Problems
Third graders examine the vocabulary and strategies to be used with addition, subtraction, and multiplication word and story problems. They observe the teacher solve a variety of problems, then write and illustrate their own original...
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Assorted Problems (Word Problem Solving)
In this math worksheet, students solve 4 story problems. Some of the numbers are written in word form. Students use basic operations including averaging.
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Christmas Subtraction Worksheet
Find the differences by counting the Christmas objects that correspond to the word problem. There are 3 problems total each requiring learners to write the equation that describes their answer.
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Express Whole Numbers as Fractions
Show examples of fractions in the real world to help scholars grasp this complex concept. Because there is only one word problem here with an answer detailed below, this is ideal as an all-class warm up. Learners examine an image of a...