Real-life word problems Learning objective To solve multi-step word problems involving money, time and measures.
Links to year 1 problem solving and reasoning pupil target sheet Real-life word problems I can solve simple problems involving money. I can solve simple problems involving time. I can solve simple problems involving measures. I can solve simple problems set in a real-life context.
Teaching notes • Solving real-life word problems involving a variety of contexts is an important everyday life skill. • Engage pupils in solving word problems by role playing them using real objects. • Model the key steps necessary to work through the problem systematically: Read the question – highlight key words – choose the operation(s) – calculate – give the answer using correct units – check. Example: There are 10 toys. Sam shares them equally between two boxes. How many toys are there in each box?
• Share the problem with the pupils. Ask: – What are the key parts of the problem to highlight? – How many steps are there to the problem? – Which operation will you need to use to solve the problem? Do we need to use more than one operation? • Identify the key words in the problem and highlight them.
There are 10 toys. Sam shares them equally between two boxes. How many toys are there in each box?
– Establish that we need to divide the 10 toys equally into the two boxes. – Model how to systematically put one toy into each box using two boxes and 10 toys or two cups and 10 counters. – Establish that there are five toys in each box. – Ask pupils if the answer makes sense. Check by adding the number of toys in box 1 to the number of toys in box 2: 5 toys + 5 toys = 10 toys. 18
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