Mastering 1st Grade Math Word Problems

The video tutorial by Teacher Mike focuses on solving word problems using various strategies. It covers matching word problems to pictures, using number lines for missing numbers, and tackling complex problems with multiple steps. The tutorial also includes real-life scenarios like birthday, time, and money word problems. Throughout, Teacher Mike emphasizes the importance of keywords, drawing pictures, and using strategies like counting on and elapsed time calculations to find solutions.

What keyword in the problem 'Dave made three flags, eight stars, and eight lanterns. How many decorations did Dave make all together?' indicates that it is an addition problem?

• all together

• stars

• lanterns

• flags

In the problem 'Laura made five flags, six stars, and three lanterns. How many decorations did Laura make in all?', what is the total number of decorations?

• 12

• 14

• 15

• 16

When solving the problem 'Sam has seven chocolates and Mike has three chocolates. How many chocolates do they have all together?', what is the total number of chocolates?

• 8

• 10

• 9

• 11

In the problem 'Mary went on a 14-day trip to a summer camp. She has been at the summer camp for eight days. How many more days is Mary going to stay at the summer camp?', what is the missing number?

• 5

• 8

• 6

• 7

If Mike has 13 points and needs a total of 20 points to get to the next level, how many more points does he need?

• 9

• 8

• 7

• 6

In the problem 'There were 15 frogs in the grass. Five frogs jumped into the water and two frogs hopped away. How many frogs left the grass in total?', what is the total number of frogs that left?

• 7

• 6

• 8

• 5

In the problem 'Matt is hanging balloons around. He has five blue balloons and six purple balloons. How many balloons does he have in total?', what is the total number of balloons?

• 10

• 12

• 13

• 11

If the baseball game started at 2 o'clock and lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes, what time did the game end?

• 4:30

• 4:00

• 5:00

• 5:30

If Sophia buys a parrot for 10 cents and a bunny for 7 cents, how much does she pay in total?

• 18 cents

• 17 cents

• 16 cents

• 15 cents

If Noah buys a kitten for 8 cents and pays with a dime, how much money does he have left?

• 1 cent

• 2 cents

• 3 cents

• 4 cents