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Hello, math friends :) In the first couple of weeks of school, we'll be starting on math SOL 5.4, creating and solving word problems. For step-by-step directions on how to create your own multi-step problem, scroll down. Math SOL 5.4The student will create and solve single-step and multistep practical problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with and without remainders of whole numbers. Here are the steps to creating your own multistep word problem. 1. Find a one-step word problem and solve it. Remember the problem solving steps we talked about in class.
Example) Sarah baked 3 trays of 12 cookies to bring to a party. How many cookies did she bake in all? I know that each tray has 12 cookies, so if I multiply 3 (trays) times 12 (cookies), I get 36 total cookies (or, instead of multiplying, I could also add 12 + 12 + 12, which is the same as 3 x 12.). 2. Use the answer from the first word problem to make a new problem. Example) My answer to the first question was 36 cookies. Here are some options I could use with my first word problem's answer.
3. Make a "hidden question" by writing a single combined problem. To do this, combine the original word problem and your new question from step number 2. Then, leave out the question from your first word problem- the question you are leaving out is the "hidden question." Example) Here are the two problems I need to combine.
I put them together, and then erase the first question.
Here is my final multistep word problem (yay!):
Hope this helps!!! Now that you've seen how to make a "hidden question" word problem, can you identify the hidden question in the following word problem? Figuring out the hidden question will help you solve the problem. Nicholas bought 4 dozen packs of eggs for $3 a dozen. How much change did Nicholas get back if he paid with a $20 bill? If you guessed the hidden question was "How much did Nicholas spend in all on the eggs?"... you are correct! Below are some helpful websites that allow the students to practice solving multi-step word problems. The more they practice solving them, the easier it will become to create their own. This website has practice multi-step problems and includes videos that walk you through how to solve each problem if you are stuck. Very useful! http://www.mathplayground.com/wp_2A.html Another mathplayground.com resource, "Word Problems with Katie" has two different levels. Each level starts out with simpler, single-step problems and moves on to more challenging multistep problems. http://www.mathplayground.com/WordProblemsWithKatie2.html Can you tell I love mathplayground.com? Here is another game that starts easy and gets more challenging as you move through the problems (and you get a chance to play basketball occasionally). http://www.mathplayground.com/mathhoops_Z1.html One of the best conceptual resources I know of online for teaching multistep word problems, "Thinking Blocks" has problems in all four operations. Students may want to start with the addition and subtraction Thinking Blocks and move on to multiplication and division. To access the word problems, scroll down until you see four boxes that say "Thinking Blocks-Model and Solve Word Problems" and click on the operations you want to practice. If you are unsure of what to do, watch the video tutorial before you "Start Modeling." http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html This site has practice problems. If you get an answer wrong, it gives a written explanation to show you how to solve the problem, step-by-step. http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/multi-step-word-problems
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One of my favorite ways to solve word problems is to VISUALIZE what is going on in the problem. I like to take this a step further than just making a movie in my mind. After watching the "video" in my head, I like to draw BAR MODELS to solve problems. Here are some great links to sites that will help with this strategy.
www.thesingaporemaths.com/ Once on this site, you may want to start on Primary 3, level 1 to get a feel for the bar model method. You can then go back and click on Primary 4 or Primary 5 to get problems that are closer to what you'd see on a test in fifth grade. www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html At the bottom of this page there are some video links that show you all about the bar model method, though on this site they call them "Thinking Blocks" instead of bar models. Try each of the categories toward the top/middle of the page to become familiar with using the the blocks for various types of problems. Click here to see videos on how to solve numerous types of word problems.
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