This month’s Word Problem Wednesday problem comes from Primary Mathematics Challenging Word Problems 3.
Submit your solutions by the end of the month!
Last month’s problem was from Dimensions Math 6A:
Here’s a solution from Reader Shirley Davis:
How did you do?
This month’s problem comes from Dimensions Math 6A and highlights the unitary method of solving problems:
Submit your solutions by the end of the month!
Last month’s problem was from the website TestPapersFree.com, which provides past copies of continual and semestral assessments from Singapore Primary Schools. This is a great resource if you’re looking to see questions directly from Singapore classrooms. The problem is from Raffles Girls School, Grade 4, and is a Semester 2 assessment, which is the final term of the year.
Here’s a solution from Reader Shirley Davis:
How did you do?
This month’s problem comes from the website TestPapersFree.com, which provides past copies of continual and semestral assessments from Singapore Primary Schools. This is a great resource if you’re looking to see questions directly from Singapore classrooms. This problem is from Raffles Girls School, Grade 4, and is a Semester 2 assessment, which is the final term of the year.
Submit your solutions by the end of the month!
The prior problem was from the Grade 6 STAAR 2013-2017 Released Test questions from lead4ward aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills or TEKS.
How did you do?
Word Problem Wednesday was such a hit, we’re going to continue throughout the year with one problem a month.
This problem popped up in my Medium feed last month:
Algebraic expressions — the return! Guess the Misconception author Craig Barton noted that on a quiz website for test prep in the UK, only 1 in 3 students could answer this problem correctly. At the time, I was also analyzing the value of model drawing by reviewing released problems from the 6th-grade STAAR tests, so my first thought was, hmm, how would this work as a bar model?
Pretty well, actually. If I know that:
I can find:
The AQA is an independent education charity that offers GCSE testing in the UK. DiagnosticQuestions.com provides multiple choice questions so you can build your own assessment, or use one of their collections.
Check out a bar model solution:
Finally, this month’s problem comes from the Grade 6 STAAR 2013-2017 Released Test questions from lead4ward aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills or TEKS. It aligns to the standard:
6.4(B) (New) Proportional Reasoning: Apply qualitative and quantitative reasoning to solve prediction and comparison of real-world problems involving ratios and rates.
Submit your solutions by the end of the month!
The prior problem was from the Teacher’s Guide for Primary Mathematics US Edition 5A.
We had a couple of submissions.
Here’s Shirley Davis’ model and algebra combo:
Word Problem Wednesday was such a hit, we’re going to continue throughout the year with one problem a month.
Our problem this month comes courtesy of a 5th grade teacher who was excited that for the first time, her students understood and easily modeled this problem from the Teacher’s Guide for Primary Mathematics US Edition 5A.
Submit your solutions by the end of the month!
The last problem was taken from the Dimensions Math 3A Textbook. (Click to learn more about this recently released curriculum):
Shirley Davis shared her algebraic bar model solution:
How did you do?
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