Key words in math word problems

Words Used in Math Word Problems Key Words Used in Math Word Problems Addition Add All together Altogether And Combined How many in all How much In all Increased by Plus Sum Together Total Subtraction Minus Lost Change Difference Fewer Fewer than How many are loft Need to Reduce Subtract Take away Remain Multiplication By Double Every Factor of Increased by Multiplied by Of Product Times Triple Division As much Cut up Each group has Equal sharing Half How many in each Parts Per Percent…

Word problem key words

Word Problem Anchor Chart: Shows key terms associated with each operation, as well as the steps to solving word problems using CUBES strategy!

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

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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…

Word Problem Posters and simple handout....Click here for free posters and handout. The picture on the left is the handout, I put each column on its own poster as well. Enjoy! Post on.

So, I am sure many of you have seen these on Pinterest or The Teacher Wife's page. And maybe you have seen this from Oh Boy, 4th Grade. Well, I have taken these two lovely ideas and made a perfect marriage! After seeing these two wonderful ideas, I thought it would be a great thing to have glued inside my students math journals! Let me know what you think! I hope I didn't break any rules by using these two ideas and combining them into one... Click on the picture to download!