BW Walch
Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities
One thing that puzzles a lot of young algebrists is the factors in a word problem that are taken as "understood". This presentation on solving systems of linear inequalities does a great job walking the learner through how to tease those...
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Addition Word Problems #2
Expose scholars to the ways addition is constantly used through 15 word problems. Many of these have more than two addends, and several involve money math and adding numbers with decimals to the hundredths place. Learners also must use...
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Word Problems Using Six Dinner Sid
Sid the cat can eat six dinners in one day! After reading the short story Six Dinner Sid, learners respond to two multiplication word problems. First, they consider how many dinners Sid would eat in one week at his current rate....
Common Core Sheets
Finding Starting Time
Third graders read word problems to determine the start time, given the elapsed time and end time.
Common Core Sheets
Finding Elapsed Time
Third graders read word problems to determine the elapsed time, given the start and end time.
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Real World Math Book
Fourth graders create their own story problem from an idea list and solve it. They draw a picture to help in solving their problem. Students build a diorama to illustrate their story problem. They work in class to solve story problems...
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Problem Solving and the Sports Page
The use of box scores from baseball games is the foundation of this math lesson. Organize your class into groups of four, and give identical box scores from a baseball game that was just played. Have them create word problems from the...
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Math Word Problems – Random Math Related Quizzes
Single-digit addition is needed to solve these word problems. There are 6 simple word problems for learners to complete.
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Division Word Problems
Learners show their work in spaces provided and solve a set of four problems. Answers are included on page 2. A good worksheet!
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Write Your Own Word Problem!
These addition word problems are written out in boxes that lend themselves to laminating and cutting out for a math station. There are 8 scenarios in all, each with an image and prompting learners to use the single-digit information to...
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One-Variable Inequality Word Problems
Here is a great set of eight scenarios that require the writing of a one-variable inequality and then solving to find the solution. This inequality word problem activity is then followed by the solutions to each of the eight problems.
Illustrative Mathematics
Maria’s Marbles
Ali has more marbles than Maria in some of these word problems, while in others Maria has more marbles than Ali. First graders are tasked to read each word problem and solve how many marbles each girl has.
Scholastic
Sums & Differences
Word problem solving and inter-galaxy football combine to offer a great activity for practicing adding and subtracting whole numbers!
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Halloween Word Problems
Young mathematicians are put to the test in a worksheet that requires them to help another school plan a Halloween party. By reading word problems, learners decide whether to multiply or divide in order to solve.
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Addition Word Problems Up to 20
Because this addition word problem has the answer written on the same page, consider using it as a warm-up and projecting it. Simply cover up the answer until you're ready. The problem has beginners adding up two single-digit numbers for...
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Addition Word Problems 2, Version 3
In this addition worksheet, students solve 6 story problems in which addition will be used to calculate the answer. There is room for students to show their work.
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Rice Math Problems
Third graders practice solving math equations using rice as their subject. They translate situations involving rice into math equations in order to solve them properly. They also discover and practice using math vocabulary terms...
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Division Word Problems
Use visual aids to help mathematicians who are new to division. They examine a word problem, using a picture for guidance. Because this has the answer explained below, it is ideal as an all-class warm up. Cover up the bottom as the class...
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Subtraction Math Problems
In this multiplication worksheet, 3rd graders problem solve 12 subtraction math problems by figuring out the missing number in each one that completes each problem.
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Problem Solvers
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....
Math Worksheets Land
Multistep Ratio and Percent Word Problems - Step-by-Step Lesson
What happens when you have a recipe and need to up the measurements? Here is a lesson that explains how to use ratios to convert measurements and percents with worked out problems. Also provided are additional resources and practice...
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Problem Solving: Guess and Check
Sometimes guess and check is the best way to solve a word problem. Learners use the guess and check strategy to solve each of the 6 included story problems. Note: At times younger children have difficulty using estimation or the guess...
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Multiplication Word Problems
Here is a solving word problems by finding the products worksheet in which learners multiply two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers. They solve five problems.
Math Stars
Math Stars: a Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 7
Put on your thinking caps because middle school math has never been more interesting in this huge resource full of thought provoking questions. Written as a newsletter, the resource has 10 two-page newsletters with a variety of...