Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's Your Question? Multiplication Word Problems
Students will explore multiplication and word problems. They will work cooperatively to examine a story scenario, list possible questions to develop a completed word problem and solve it using a variety of strategies. The students will...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Multiplication My Way
In this lesson, learners will explore the US Algorithm Method of multiplication using a unique way of describing it known as the Turtlehead Method. Students will collaboratively work together to complete story problems using the US...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Intelli Gum: A Success Story
Introduce polynomial operations to your middle school students using the highly engaging story of ?IntelliGum?. This one-of-a-kind gum, when chewed regularly, and in appropriate quantities, will make you smarter. As part of this creative...
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Multiplication Number Story [Pdf]
Create your own story problem to solve for 19 times 7 then explain how to solve.
Quia
Quia: Story Problems With Mixed Practice
Your problem-solving skills are put to the test in this interactive word problem game on this site. Employ a variety of mathematical skills and strategies including logical reasoning and computation. Multiple choice problems created for...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Animal Legs
Students solve multiplication story problems using repeated addition in this interactive web lesson.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Clams a Tidal Flat Adventure
Mathematics has an important role in the real world outside of school. In this lesson, students will learn how scientists use multiplication to estimate animal populations. Included in the lesson are a detailed plan, background knowledge...
Quia
Quia: Analogies (Set 1)
This resource provides 12 multi-operation story problems for students to solve.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Math Word Problems
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your word problem skills. Sheets focus on addition, multiplication, subtraction, division, and other math topics.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Computation and Picture Books
This sample chapter from Hurst's book Picturing Math is an excellent resource for using picture books and activities for learning computation.
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
K 5 Math Teaching Resources: One Hundred Hungry Ants [Pdf]
This is an activity for exploring arrays after reading the story One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J.Pincze.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Math and Language Arts Lesson: Division
The instructional activity will help students develop an initial understanding of division and clarify how the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division relate to and are separate from each other. The...