Helping with Math
What is Division? #2
Mathematicians are given three division sentences. They are to write a "sharing question," or basically, a word problem for each. They can apply the division concepts to teams and players, friends and presents, CDs and songs, albums and...
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Max's Math Adventures
In these multiplication word problem worksheets, 5th graders read a poem about 'Dr. Proctor's Multiplying Machine.' Students solve the rhyme in the poem and complete several multiplication problems.
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Math Maven's Mysteries
In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem 'The Case of the Hatcher Hotel Heist' and use the information within the story to help them solve the problem. Students use addition and subtraction to find the next room...
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Math Maven's Mysteries: The Bell Clapper Caper
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about the bell clapper caper. Students determine what the next question should asked in order to solve the secret locker number problem.
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Math Maven's Mysteries: The Cafeteria Caper
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about the cafeteria caper. Students determine what each students' favorite food is by making a chart to organize information from the story. Students then find the...
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Math Maven's Mysteries
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about 'The Case of Loud Louie & His Bad Vibes Band.' Students find the probability that Loud Louie will play his accordion using fractions in their lowest terms.
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Math Maven's Mysteries
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about 'The Case of the Skating Bus Driver.' Students use missing element equations to solve the problems. Students select the equation to use and solve.
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Math Maven's Mysteries
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about 'The Colossal Circus Caper.' Students create a table to help organize the time and measurement elements from the story. Students must determine how tall Ella...
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Math Maven's Mysteries: Race Against Captain Devious
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about the 'Race Against Captain Devious.' Students must solve the distance travel word problem using kilometers and rounding their answers to the nearest whole number.
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Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Garden
In these math word problem worksheets, 7th graders help solve the mystery about 'The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Garden.' Students find the new length and width measurements of the shrunken garden using the area of rectangle.
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A Present for the Teacher
In this math word problems worksheet, students read the story about Gina and the gift she wants to buy and make for her teacher. Students then determine if she has enough money to make the specific patterned necklace.
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Order Events
In this ordering events worksheet, students solve the six word problems by finding the event that happens next in each situation. Students complete six ordering event problems.
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Addition Stories: Practice
In this addition activity, 1st graders tell a story about five pigs using different colored counters. Students practice using counters to represent the various parts of an addition story.
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Addition Word Problems - Food
In these math word problems worksheets, students complete five different math word problems using simple addition to solve the equations about food.
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Animal Shelter
In this problem solving worksheet, students read a story problem about an animal shelter. Students then answer four problems about the animal shelter animals.
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Tadpoles and Frogs
In this problem solving activity, students read a word problem about tadpoles and frogs and then complete three questions about the frogs life cycle changes.
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Bake Sale
In this math word problems worksheet, students read through a story about two girls who made cookies for a bake sale. Students then answer three questions based on their reading.
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Boardwalk Fun
In this word problem worksheet, students read about the preferences for each of the kids Colleen, Amy, Brian, and Jimmy. The kids all plan to visit a different place first. Students determine which place the kids will visit first by...
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Monkey Business
In this math word problem instructional activity, students read the paragraphs about the monkeys and their coconut collections. Students then answer three questions about the word problem.
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Reading Challenge
In this math word problem worksheet, students use division to determine the page number Kelly was reading before she gave it to Andrew. Students also complete a challenge question and a graph for the reading challenge word problem.
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Crazy 4 Math
In this word problems worksheet, students problem solve 2 mathematical word problems dealing with multiplication and time increments.
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The Fourth Grade Grocer
In this word problems worksheet, 5th graders read and solve the five word problems about grocery costs. Students must show their work.
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Place Value Gumshoe
In this place value worksheet, students piece together the place value clues in the word problems to determine the number for the word problem.
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Word Problems
In this math word problems worksheet, students read the eight word problems. Students show their work in the boxes and check their answers.