How you teach problem-solving to kids depends on their age. Read on to learn key strategies for teaching problem-solving to kids, as well as some age-by-age ideas and activities.

Students will solve a variety of word problems with differing levels of difficulty. They may use objects, pictures, or equations to represent their solutions.

In this task, students are asked to calculate what a car's list price would be in states with different sales taxes. Its purpose is to help students develop familiarity with different ways to solve a problem. Aligns with A-CED.A.1.

You won first place at your school Science Fair and have 2 choices for your prize!! The purpose of this task is for students to compare two options for a prize where the value of one is given $2 at a time, giving them an opportunity to...

Sixth graders work with a ratio stating the number of boys to girls in a school and use it to calculate the fraction of students who are boys and the total number of students. Aligns with 6.RP.A.