Wondering what Dr. Seuss and his colorful fish have to offer your young mathematicians? Find out with this simple yet affective word problem worksheet that challenges children to determine how many different combinations of toy fish can be created given a specific set of characteristics.

Concepts

dr. seuss, combinations, word problems, Problem Solving

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this as a warm-up activity during an upper-elementary or middle school lesson on combinations
• Pose this problem after a class reading of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
• Have students share and discuss their solutions with a partner, before going over the problem as a whole class

Pros

• Question is clearly written and ample space is provided for students to record their solutions
• An answer key is provided for the word problem

Cons

• None

Common Core

MP4 MP6