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Scholastic

Study Jams! Identify Missing or Extra Information

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn to maneuver through word problems by identifying the specific information needed to solve it. Is there unnecessary information? Is there missing information? 
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Curated OER

Problem Solvers

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Fifth and sixth graders compare decimals to the place-value structure in the base-ten number system. They represent fractions as parts of unit wholes, as parts of a set, as locations on a number line, and as divisions of whole numbers....
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Illustrative Mathematics

Plastic Building Blocks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Let's build a castle! Dennis and Cody have big plans, but do they have enough blocks between the two of them to accomplish their goal? A great context that requires students to add and compare mixed numbers. Encourage the use of pictures...
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Curriculum Corner

Menu Math

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Getting a meal, side dish, drink, and dessert can be delicious—but it can be expensive too! Practice addition and subtraction with money in a instructional activity that focuses on a sample menu, complete with task cards and word problems.
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Curated OER

A Variety of Word Problems

For Students 5th - 7th
In this math word problems instructional activity, students solve math word problems about division, fractions, and money. Students complete 3 word problems.
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Curated OER

Solving Single-Step Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Math wizards learn the five-step plan to solve math word problems. They investigate the five-step process for solving word problems, and examine the use of code words for each of the operations and solve a problem using the strategies.
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Curated OER

Recognize Area as Additive - Guided Lesson

For Students 4th - 6th
Not all area word problems are straightforward. Here are some trickier ones to challenge your beginning geometers. They determine the area of two irregular shapes and one rectangle using given measurements. Remind scholars to use square...
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Curated OER

Menu Word Problems

For Students 4th - 7th
In this math word problem worksheet, students complete addition and subtraction money problems based on a menu. Students complete ten menu word problems.
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Curated OER

Word Problems that Use All Operations

For Students 2nd - 5th
These word problems put your mathematicians' skills to the test. They utilize addition, subtraction, multiplication and division knowledge to solve 10 math scenarios. There's room for them to show work, and these all end up as...
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Curated OER

Solving Word Problems with Fish

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Send your class fishing...for the right answers! Small groups collaborate to create math word problems based on the fish in their classroom aquarium or on the aquarium itself. After all groups determine the answer for their ownproblem,...
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Curated OER

Add and Subtract Fractions with Like Denominators: 2 (Word Problems)

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
For this fraction worksheet, fourth and fifth graders solve six word problems, all having to do with adding or subtracting fractions with like denominators. This worksheet can be adapted to the Common Core standards in math.
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Scholastic

Sums & Differences

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Word problem solving and inter-galaxy football combine to offer a great instructional activity for practicing adding and subtracting whole numbers! 
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Curated OER

UK Number Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
Young mathematicians can work these word problems to practice applying their two-digit multiplication and division to the 12s. Designed for use by learners in the UK, money problems are in denomination of pounds and pence, and cultural...
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Public Schools of North Carolina

Math Stars: A Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 3

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Make sure your class stays up with the times using this series of math newsletters. Including word problems that cover topics ranging from consumer math and symmetry to graphing and probability, these worksheets are a fun way to...
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Virginia Department of Education

Practical Problems Involving Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
After discussing decimals and "going shopping" in the classroom, young mathematicians are given four practical word problems that require them to estimate their answers, given specific information. The highlight of the instructional...
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Curated OER

Story Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Youngsters learn how to solve story problems. They  listen to story problems, learn how to identify important information in a problem, and observe how to solve a story problem. Pupils practice solving an addition story problem with a...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Addition of Fractions

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Five word-problems challenge mathematicians to add fractions. Interactive fraction circles assist scholars in problem-solving. Question types include multiple-choice, true or false, and a discussion.  
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Curated OER

Adding Bigger Numbers: 2 and 3 Digit Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Challenge your young learners with an addition worksheet, which provides different opportunities to practice adding two and three-digit numbers. The first two sections provide twelve problems for pupils to solve, while the last two...
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Curated OER

Everyday Problems

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Word problems are some of the most applicable ways for scholars to approach math, and this is no exception. Using their addition and subtraction skills in context, they solve five word problem scenarios involving time and money. There is...
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Curated OER

Problem Solving 2-3

For Students 2nd - 5th
Using everyday, familiar scenarios, this problem solving worksheet has students read math story problems and determine the operation necessary to solve each. Students determine the necessary information, and utilize either basic...
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Curated OER

Math Cross--Puzzle #25

For Students 4th - 7th
In this coins/money, inches/ounces and days/weeks instructional activity, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they solve the answers to twenty-eight math problems using addition, multiplication and division strategies.
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Curated OER

Math Cross, Puzzle #26

For Students 4th - 7th
Here is a measurement, money and time activity which invites learners to solve twenty-eight math problems utilizing addition, subtraction and multiplication strategies to complete a math crossword puzzle.
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Math Worksheets Land

Recognize Area as Additive - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Activate your geometer's minds with area calculations, some of which are tricky. First, they solve five word problems dealing only with rectangular shapes. The next five use irregular shapes with side measurements given. Scholars solve...
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Curated OER

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

For Students 5th Standards
Fifth graders put their fraction knowledge to work by reading word problems and deciding whether to add or subtract the given fractions. Terms such as combined, total, difference, and left indicate which operation to use.

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