1. Solving multi-step problems
Ms. Csipak

2. What to keep in mind: Which operation to use = hardest part
There may be two or more operations
Be sure you know:
what is being asked
what you already know from the problem
what you need to know in order to solve the question

3. cubes

4. Math “action” words:

5. Problem 1: stopping too soon
Example:
Ms. Csipak is reading a geography textbook that has 376 pages. She read 47 pages on Tuesday night, and 56 pages on Wednesday night. How many pages does she have left to read?
Use the CUBES system
What is the question asking?

6. Problem 2: Too much information
 you won’t know if your answer is reasonable if you don’t understand what you are being asked to solve. Use CUBES to check your understanding of the question:
A man bought a dozen boxes, each with 24 highlighter pens inside, for $8 each box. He repacked five of these boxes into packages of six highlighters each, and sold them for $3 per package. He sold the rest of the highlighters separately at the rate of three pens for $2. How much profit did he make?
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7. ALWAYS CONCLUDE WITH A SENTENCE Solve and Check
At the end of a word problem:
Write the answer in a sentence, the sentence should be answering your question, if it doesn’t answer the question, it doesn’t make sense.
ALWAYS CONCLUDE WITH A
SENTENCE

8. You can use this guide:

9. Don’t be afraid to DRAW!
Think of ways to combine the information into lists
Decide on a starting point and work in order
Keep one item the same while others change
Fill in any gaps
Record the solution so it is easy to understand
Ms. Tanya likes to stack her stickers in an orderly way on her desk. She puts 1 sticker in the first stack, 3 stickers in the second stack and 5 stickers in the third. Following the same pattern, how many stickers will she place in the sixth stack? After she makes the sixth stack, how many stickers will Liz have on her desk?

10. Now you try all of our strategies:
Ms. Tanya likes to stack her stickers in an orderly way on her desk. She puts 1 sticker in the first stack, 3 stickers in the second stack and 5 stickers in the third. Following the same pattern, how many stickers will she place in the sixth stack? After she makes the sixth stack, how many stickers will Liz have on her desk?