Solving Maths Word Problems

Room 25 working on our maths word problems

Room 25 looked at how to solve maths word problems. Our steps are :

1. Read and underline the question.

2.Box key words

3.Circle important numbers - cross out unneeded numbers.

4. Solve - There are many ways to solve the problem depending on the question

- Draw a picture

- Make a chart or table

- Make a list 

- Work backwards

- Find a pattern

- Write a number sentence 

We then discussed as a group and wrote down all the different ways we could solve the problem. As a team we decided which strategy was the most effective.