Multi-Step Word Problems

Multi-Step

​WORD PROBLEMS!

​Today, we will...

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Solve Multi-step word problems using the four operations

(whole numbers)

4. oa.a.3​

​You need a whiteboard, marker, and a pencil.

Multiple Select

Click all the boxes that list when you may use multi-step word problems.

• Having enough cupcakes and hotdogs at my birthday party for everyone invited.

• Figuring out how many school buses are needed for our field trip.

• Calculating your pay when you start working.

• Running and chewing gum at the same time.

Open Ended

What do we already know about multi-step problems?

​When doing multiple step word problems...

• Read the problem all the way through. Why?

• Go sentence by sentence, looking for _____ ______, and doing the math.

• Make sure you answered the _________, and that it makes _________.

Multiple Choice

What do I do FIRST when trying to solve a multi-step word problem?

• Answer the question on the first time reading it.

• Read through the whole problem to see what it is all about.

• Add all of the numbers up that I see in the problem.

• Wait for my fairy godmother to show me what to do.

​Time to work!

​DO NOT EXIT FROM QUIZIZZ!

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Shut your computer and have your whiteboard and marker ready.

You will also need a pencil. ​

Multiple Select

So, how do you feel about solving multi-step word problems? (Remember that mastery means you would score 80% on an assessment.)

• 1- I'm a word problem master!

• 2- Little more practice, but I'm just about a master!

• 3- Need more practice, but I know I will get there!

• 4- I am not sure what a word problem is or where to even begin! HELP!

​EXIT TICKET OPTION- use the handout that I gave you

​2 things...

NAME ON PAPER!

On the back, CREATE A MULTI-STEP WORD PROBLEM! ​