College of West Anglia Creating Multi Step Word Problems College of West Anglia

Topic Maths Aims  Interactive activity to encourage students to create their own multi-step mathematical problems  Team work is encouraged and students can compare and evaluate at the end of the lesson using the outline in slide 9 Level Level 2 Method  Print out slides 5-9 and create multi-steps from there  Also use as a PowerPoint Presentation  Problem Solving  Can be used in Groups Equipment  Laptop/Projector  Paper  Pens/Pencils  Calculators Duration 1 Hour +

Imagine your college is having a Summer Fair Students have been divided into groups to make and sell their products.

Use the information on the following slides to create your own multi-step problems Swap your problems with a partner and solve each other’s problems!

FACT 1: Materials needed for 6 cards: A4 White Card (21cm x 30cm) – 6 Coloured paper – 3 sheets Glue stick-1/4 will be used FACT 2: The selling price of a dozen cards is £ FACT 3: Cost of 10 sheets of A 4 card is £ 1 12 sheets of coloured paper is £0.60 Glue stick is 60p Can you make up problems involving Ratio and proportion? Fractions? %? Measures?

Can you make up problems involving Ratio and proportion? Fractions? %? Measures? FACT 1: Ingredients needed for 2 pizzas: Flour – 250g Margarine – 100g Yeast – 2 tsp. Tomato puree- 5 tablespoons Cheese – 200g FACT 2: I/4 of a pizza has 120 calories FACT 3: Cost of: ½kg of flour is £1.00 ½kg margarine is £1.00 Small tin of yeast (approx. 20 tsp.) is £1.50 Jar of tomato puree (approx. 30 tablespoons) is £ g cheese is £1.00

Can you make up problems involving Ratio and proportion? Fractions? %? Measures? FACT 2: The selling price of 3 kites is £7.50. FACT 1: Materials needed for 4 kites: Tissue paper (40x60cm) – 12 Coloured paper – 2 sheets Glue stick- 1/4 will be used String -8 metres FACT 3: Cost of: 10 sheets of tissue paper is £ sheets of coloured paper is £0.60 Glue stick is 60p String –200m is £8

Can you make up problems involving Ratio and proportion? Fractions? %? Measures? FACT 1: Ingredients needed for 2 cakes: Flour – 500g Margarine – 200g Sugar -250g Eggs-6 Baking powder- 2 tsp Icing sugar – 100g FACT 2: The approximate weight of each cake is 600 kg FACT 4: Each cake is sliced into 12 pieces. FACT 3: Cost of : 1 kg of flour is £1.40 ½ kg margarine is £ g sugar is £1.50 A dozen eggs are £1.80 Small tin baking powder (20tsp) is £ g icing is £2.00

1.2 Step Problem 2.Variety of concepts covered 3.Variety of operations (+ - X ) 4.Answers worked out 5.For PS3 s: Try to create one 3 – step problem Fractions Measures % Ratio and Proportion Self assessment: I have met criteria no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ( ?) What I did well today … I need more practice in …

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