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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