What can you do to make a word problem easier to understand? For example: Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are in the bag now?

In this lesson, you will learn how to re-write the question in a word problem by creating a fill in the blank sentence.

Let’s Review Word Problem InformationQuestion

Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are in the bag now? Word Problem InformationQuestion Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are in the bag now?

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Core Lesson How can I use the question to make the problem easier to understand? Question Fill in the blank sentence

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Core Lesson Mark has 3 songs on his iPod. He downloaded 2 more songs. How many songs does Mark have on his iPod now? Mark has 3 songs on his iPod. He downloaded 2 more songs. How many songs does Mark have on his iPod now? Mark has songs on his iPod now = 5

Core Lesson Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are in the bag now? How many marbles are in the bag now? There are marbles in the bag now.

In this lesson you have learned how to re-write the question in a word problem by creating a fill in the blank sentence.