Tips for solving math word problems

Keywords don't focus on context. This post gives four reasons why using keywords for math word problems fails students. Free poster included.

Easily Differentiate Word Problems by problem type and using different numbers in each problem throughout the year. Use small numbers (0-5) for Kinder, medium numbers (1-10) for first grade and larger numbers (0-100) for second grade. Great for interactive notebooks, math journals, and problem solving. #wordproblems #secondgrademath #secondgrade

Word problems can be really difficult for students. This post shares 8 ways to help students be successful with word problems in upper elementary grades.

Solving math word problems

Do your students know how to solve math word problems? Find the time in your busy schedule to teacher problem solving today! Perfect for Upper Elementary and Middle school math teachers. Find the time to make your math activities engaging and fun now!

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Numberless word problems are simply contextual math word problems with the numbers removed. Learn why you should use numberless word problems in your 4th and 5th grade classroom and grab a free printable numberless word problem resource.

This purchase comes with 4 different (editable in Microsoft Word) flow charts for your elementary/intermediate classroom. These flow charts are visual references for your students when solving word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division. They help guide students towards choosing the correct operation when solving word problems in math. Each set of flow charts come in color and black/white. One set includes a CUBES reference (CUBES is a problem solving…

This past week, we started working on multi-step word problems using the 4 operations. My students always have a hard time with this concept because they get overwhelmed having to incorporate and figure out which of the 4 operations they need to solve for as well as having to perform two different operations in one problem. Too often I see them just guessing rather than really thinking each problem through about what is actually happening in the problem. This week, we did some math skits…

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