Kevin Dykema, a math expert, shares strategies for teachers to help students tackle word problems.

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students. But students often struggle when they see a ...

Join Mrs. Gray for Numeracy Talk with Dotson working on conservation to 10. Get your addition brain ready as we will have some fun with object to show how to do addition word problems to 10.

Join Mrs. Gray for Numeracy Talk with Dotson working on conservation to 10.

Word problems Solve multi-step word problems with whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems with remainders.

Using objects, fingers, simple math drawings, or mental images, solve addition word problems involving numbers that add up to 10 or less, and subtraction word problems involving subtraction from ...

Forty-five first graders were categorized into three levels according to their informal strategies for solving addition and subtraction word problems. They were taught to write canonical and ...

Pearla Nesher, Tamar Katriel, A Semantic Analysis of Addition and Subtraction Word Problems in Arithmetic, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Oct., 1977), pp. 251-269 ...