Word Problems (HH 1/4)

Word Problems (HH 1/4)

Multiple Choice

What is a strategy?

• a plan of action designed to achieve an overall aim

• an artifact of classroom learning; can be displayed as reminders of prior learning and built upon over multiple lessons

• a plan for teaching a lesson

• a mathematical exercise where background information on the problem is presented in ordinary language rather than in mathematical notation

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Why are strategies important?

Why do we use the CUBES strategy when solving word problems?

Open Ended

What does each letter of the CUBES strategy stand for?

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Jamiere loves toys trucks. On his birthday he invited 4 friends to his party. Each friend gave him 5 gifts. Each gift contained 2 toy trucks. How many toy trucks does Jamiere have now?

(Answer should include number and unit)

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Ahna is allowed to watch 7 hours of TV each week. She usually watches the same number of hours each day, but last Saturday her mom let her watch an extra three hours. How many hours of TV did Ahna watch last Saturday?

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Mrs. Janeway has 6 students in her reading group. They read a total of 30 books last month. If each student read the same number of books and each book had 10 pages, how many pages did each student read?

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Alice made 10 pizzas. Each pizza had 7 slices. Each slice had 4 pieces of pepperoni. How many pieces of pepperoni does Alice use?

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Mr. Noren had fifty-six rows of tulips planted into 7 rows. He dug up one row of tulips and gave half of them to his neighbor. How many tulips did he give to his neighbor?