Sixth Grade Math Problem Solving - Christine Clonch's Math 6
Sixth Grade Math Problem Solving
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I. WARM-UP
Use pictures, words, and numbers to explain how to solve 1/2 + 1/4 = ?
II. REPRESENTATION
½ can be represented in three different ways.
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III. REMINDERS
Addition is:
Subtraction is:
IV. FRACTION WORD PROBLEMS
John bought one pound of chocolate. He ate 1/3 of a pound of chocolate the next day. How much chocolate does he have left?
1. Draw a picture to represent the problem.
2. Use your drawing from #1 to describe how you will solve this problem. What operation with it require? Draw a picture to represent the computation.
3. Solve, showing all work.
4. Write your answer in a complete sentence, including units.
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Sam rode his bike 1/3 of a mile to school and walked another 1/4 of a mile. How far did Sam travel?
1. Draw a picture to represent the problem.
2. Use your drawing from #1 to describe how you will solve this problem. What operation with it require? Draw a picture to represent the computation.
3. Solve, showing all work.
4. Write your answer in a complete sentence, including units.
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Jane bought ¾ pounds of apples. Jim bought 7/8 of a pound of apples. How much more apples did Jim buy?
1. Draw a picture to represent the problem.
2. Use your drawing from #1 to describe how you will solve this problem. What operation with it require? Draw a picture to represent the computation.
3. Solve, showing all work.
4. Write your answer in a complete sentence, including units.
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V. SOLVE. WRITE A COMPLETE SENTENCE. REMEMBER UNITS.
1. A cook uses 2/5 cups of flour for a cake and 2/3 cups of flour for a pie. How much flour does the cook use?
2. Bill weighs 90 ½ pounds. Sam weighs 93 ¾ pounds. How much more does Sam weigh than Bill?
3. A book weighs a half of a pound. How much do three books weigh?
4. A flag is in the shape of a square. Each side is ¾ of a foot long. What is the perimeter of the flag?
VI. SOLVE. WRITE A COMPLETE SENTENCE. REMEMBER UNITS.
1. A man worked for half an hour on Monday and ¼ of an hour on Tuesday? How many hours did he work altogether?
2. It takes a woman 1/3 of an hour to drive to work, and ½ of an hour to drive home. How many hours does she spend driving?
3. Jen has a tray of brownies. Jeff eats 2/5 of the brownies. How much is left?
4. Each side of an octagon (an eight-sided figure) equals 1/16 of inch. What is the perimeter of the octagon?
Order the decimals from least to greatest.
|1. |2. |
|8.50, 8.56, 8.34 |0.1, 0.4, 0.5 |
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|3. |4. |
|2.71, 2.70, 3.03 |5.6, 6.43, 6.2 |
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|5. |6. |
|1.4, 1.8, 2.3 |4.5, 5.5, 5.05 |
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|7. |8. |
|9.31, 9.19, 9.13 |4.07, 4.67, 4.7 |
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|9. |10. |
|8.8, 8.08, 8.21 |7.1, 7.9, 7.10 |
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|11. |12. |
|4.8, 4.3, 4.4 |5.03, 5.43, 5.4 |
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|13. |14. |
|0.1, 0.21, 0.12 |3.8, 3.1, 3.26 |
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|15. |16. |
|8.09, 8.9, 8.5 |1.2, 1.56, 1.65 |
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|17. |18. |
|6.17, 6.90, 6.9 |8.99, 9.6, 9.06 |
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|19. |20. |
|0.12, 0.59, 0.95 |2.7, 3.6, 3.5 |
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