Monday, April 16, 2012

Helpful Tips for Solving Word Problems

1. Read the problem carefully.
2. Read the problem again.
3. Go sentence by sentence collecting necessary information.
4. Think about what is being asked.
5. Choose operation or operations that will be used.
6. Make a plan (draw a picture, guess and check, set up a number sentence or equation)
7. Solve the necessary components.
8. Check work. (SEE IF ANSWER MAKES SENSE)
9. LABEL, LABEL, LABEL

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