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What's on Sale?
Young scholars explore sale items. In this money and percent math instructional activity, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper. Young scholars identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage...
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Math Word Problems
In this solving story problems worksheet, students multiply, add, subtract, fill in numbers before and after, find elapsed time, and count value of coins. Students solve 10 problems.
Illustrative Mathematics
What is 23 ÷ 5?
Twenty-three divided by five can have a different value depending on the unit of measurement being asked. Learners problem solve 23 divided by 5 in a series of five word problems.
Curriculum Corner
Splashes of Spring Math Centers
Spring into math practice with a set of resources that taps into a variety of math practice. Skills include matching expressions to their definitions, a place value sorting activity, three multiplication and division games, several...
Education Development Center
Thinking Things Through Thoroughly
Problem solving is a skill of its own. Learners use a variety of problems to encourage mental math and logic to get the correct answer. Guiding questions are provided along the way to encourage the right way of thinking to help tackle...
Curated OER
"Andy Works for Charity"
Explore a real-word math problem with your class. Strengthen their problem-solving strategies by coming up with an answer to a money question. They work in groups to determine the answer. Also, they share with the class the various...
Curated OER
Add or Subtract: Story Problems
In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students learn how to solve basic addition and subtraction story problems. They then solve the 6 problems in the packet. The answers are on the last page of the instructional...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Making Change
This dreamy resource has little ones computing the change on the purchase of an ice cream cone. Mia describes each step in two methods: subtraction of decimals and counting up from the sale price.
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Use Coins to Show an Amount
In this counting coins worksheet, learners read the money amounts within the word problems and then determine which mathematical operation to use to solve the word problems and find the amounts.
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Using Tiles to Solve Word Problems
Young scholars solve problems using equations. In this algebra instructional activity, students identify the correct symbols and steps when solving word problems. They graph their lines and analyze the slope using tiles.
Math Worksheets Land
Recognize Area as Additive - Independent Practice Worksheet
Activate your geometer's minds with area calculations, some of which are tricky. First, they solve five word problems dealing only with rectangular shapes. The next five use irregular shapes with side measurements given. Scholars solve...
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Word Problems Mixture, Distance, Money and Integer
In this word problem worksheet, students read mixture, distance, money, and integer problems. They write algebraic equations and solve them. This one-page worksheet contains 32 multi-step problems. Answers are provided at the end of...
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Sea and Learn - Lesson Plan: Dockyard Maties
Learners solve word problems involving money using all four operations listed, and convert pre-decimal currency into decimal currency. They discuss how dockyard mates were paid and the equivalence with today's money, and complete a...
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Multi-Step Problems
In this multi-step problems worksheet, students use the numbers within the word problem and multi-step problems to solve the six word problems.
Curated OER
Problem Solving: Create and Solve
In this problem solving practice activity, students sharpen their math skills as they solve 6 leveled math story problems.
EngageNY
Problem Solving When the Percent Changes
Use more than one whole to solve percent problems. The ninth installment in a 20-part series has pupils work percent problems in which they must determine two wholes. Individuals use double number lines to represent and solve the...
University of Missouri
Money Math
Wouldn't your class members love to become millionaires? It doesn't happen overnight. Teach young entrepreneurs about personal finance and money management with a series of lessons focused on money math. Pupils learn about banking and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Dimes and Pennies
Help your fourth graders make cents out of fractions and decimals with this short word problem. After learning that dimes are one-tenth and pennies one-hundredth of a dollar, students write a fraction and decimal for a given number of...
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Leveled Problem Solving: Histograms
In this using data, frequency table, and histogram to solve word problems worksheet, students solve problems about prices of toys and numbers of toys sold to solve consumer mathematics problems. Students solve six problems.
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Problems With Arithmetic
In this money word problems worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which money is added and subtracted. Note: This is English pounds and pence.
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Money Matters
Students practice spending money by completing math word sentences. In this economics lesson, students utilize problem solving strategies to complete word problems written on the board involving making purchases with money. Students...
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Menu Worksheet Problems #9
In this word problems instructional activity, learners read the word problems and use multiple operations to solve the problems. Students use the money answer in the word bank to complete the 10 problems.
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One-Step Equation Word Problems
In this word problem worksheet, learners solve a total of 14 one-step equation problems. Answers are included on page 2; students are given space to show their work.
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Interest Word Problems
For this interest worksheet, 7th graders solve 10 different problems that include word problems and determining interest rates. First, they determine the principal paid on a certain amount of money borrowed. Then, students determine how...