Keeping the Meaning in Mathematics: The Craft of Word Problems

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.06.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. The Problem with Word Problems
  4. Asking Questions
  5. Making Connections
  6. Visualization
  7. Inferring and Predicting
  8. Determining Importance
  9. Synthesizing
  10. Lessons
  11. Notes
  12. Appendix A
  13. Appendix B
  14. Appendix C
  15. Appendix D
  16. Bibliography

Crafting Word Problems Even a Child Can Do

Huwerl Thornton

Published September 2007

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Appendix D

Here is a collection of word problems that can be used to teach this unit.

5 birds were sitting on a fence. 4 more birds flew on to the fence. How many birds were on the fence then?

Tanya has 2 dolls. Her parents give her 4 more dolls for her birthday. How many dolls did she have then?

Tanya had 2 dolls. Her parents gave her some more dolls for her birthday. Then she had 6 dolls. How many dolls did Tanya's parents give her for her birthday?

Tanya had some dolls. Her parents gave her 4 more dolls for her birthday. Then she had 6 dolls. How many dolls did Tanya have before her birthday?

Valerie had 12 marbles. She gave 7 away to Nancy. How many marbles does Valerie have left?

Valerie had 12 marbles. She gave some to Nancy. Now she has 5 marbles left. How many marbles did Valerie give Nancy?

Valerie had some marbles. She gave 7 to Nancy. Now she has 5 marbles left. How many marbles did Valerie start with?

3 boys and 5 girls were playing basketball. How many children were playing basketball?

8 children were playing basketball. 3 were boys and the rest were girls. How many girls were playing basketball?

Nancy has 2 cats. Karli has 6 cats. Karli has how many more cats than Nancy?

Nancy has 2 cats. Karli has 4 more cats than Nancy. How many cats does Karli have?

Karli has 6 cats. She has 4 more than Nancy. How many cats does Nancy have?

Moses has 2 apples. Tyler has 3 oranges. How many fruit do the boys have all together?

Angel has a puppy that weighed 3 pounds when her mom brought her home. The puppy now weighs 9 pounds. How many pounds has the puppy gained?

Paula has 2 stickers to start her collection. She needs 10 to complete the page. How many more stickers does Paula need?

Jill had 8 Bratz dolls. She received 4 more Bratz dolls for her birthday. How many Bratz dolls does Jill have altogether?

Trish lives on a farm and gathers 3 eggs from the henhouse every day. How many eggs does Trish gather in a week?

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