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Problem-Solving Strategies

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Read carefully, look for key words, eliminate, estimate, check your answers. Give your youngsters the strategies for approaching multiple-choice problem solving, focusing on multiplication and division of whole numbers, with this comprehensive set of worksheets.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

problem solving strategies, problem solving techniques, multiplication, division, 2-digit division, 2-digit multiplication, multiplication whole numbers

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • As you go through the answers to the practice sample, consider having students role play each scenario with physical objects in order to illustrate what is happening in each problem
  • Have learners demonstrate their thought processes and work on separate sheets of paper to submit when they turn in this worksheet

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  • Resource provides sample pre-test, strategies handout, and practice worksheet
  • Includes answer key

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Common Core

3.OA.A.3 3.OA.C.7

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