Adult learners are a challenging group to reach when teaching basic mathematical skills. This guide presents ideas and worksheets for teaching them how to solve word problems.

Download these free worksheets to sharpen your math skills. These St. Patrick's Day math worksheets focus on topics such as patterning, comparing numbers, counting, word problems, addition, multiplication, and mixed operations.

Solve word problems that involve general triangles using trigonometry. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Learners explore the geometry topic of parallelograms. The word problems include detailed solutions.

Practice plugging in values to evaluate real-world algebraic expressions. These are introductory problems, so the expressions aren't too complicated. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions...

HSA-CED.A.1: Interactive resource which create equations and inequalities in one variable and use them to solve problems. Include equations arising from linear and quadratic functions, and simple rational and exponential functions....

Students will solve these word problems using knowledge of comparing equations. CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.A.1 Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison

Students will solve a word problem with various outcomes by creating a meaningful representation of the problem by using objects, pictures, or equations. An explanation is provided.

Students learn the basics of "Modeling with Mathematics" (CCSS.MP.4) as they practice putting their thinking on paper in this beginning of year activity. This activity includes a video tutorial, differentiated worksheets based on skill...

Match features of graphs of modeling functions to their real-world meaning. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

We're going shopping in this integrated lesson. Students must make a budget, create a shopping list, and act out grocery shopping utilizing their problem solving and writing skills. A comprehensive lesson with printable worksheets,...

Discusses the two math problems that baffled mathematicians for ages, Fermat's Last Theorem and Riemann's Hypothesis. The latter is still unsolved.

In this exercise, students practice dividing fractions in word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.

This site offers 38 practice math problems based on the Ohio 9th Grade Math Proficiency Test. Questions are multiple choice and answer pages include discussion.

A collection of video lessons with example problems and solutions to help students learn how to extend polynomial identities to the complex numbers. Includes interactive widget for working on the modeled problems or trying your own.

Catch monsters as your solve math problems.

Solve math problems using order of operations like PEMDAS, BEDMAS and BODMAS. This calculator solves math equations that add, subtract, multiply and divide positive and negative numbers and exponential numbers. You can also include...

This site from Dr. Math at the Math Forum provides a collection of problems and exercises that require knowledge of the relations between similar or congruent shapes. Solutions are provided.

Ahoy Matey! Join PBS Kids characters Peg + Cat to explore fair sharing and solve math problems to help a group of cranky pirates divide things fairly. Children will separate sets of objects into equal groups and divide single objects...

A multi-step performance task word problem: In a poll of Mr. Briggs's math class, 67% of the students say that math is their favorite academic subject. The editor of the school paper is in the class, and he wants to write an article for...

Solve problems using vectors that involve velocity, speed, direction, and magnitude. Includes examples and practice problems. Click on the buttons under the practice questions to see the solutions.

Given a two-step word problem students will be ask to solve, and create their own math model of the given problem.

This resource has mathematics lessons for different levels, from counting to slope. In English and Spanish.

Challenge yourself and see if you can solve these math problems using Egyptian hieroglyphics. Egyptians excelled in mathematics and this lesson will help you understand hieroglyphic numbers. A podcast is included that explains the Rhind...