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Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8, Paperback / softback Book

Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8 Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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This challenging compilation of multi-step word problems is designed to strengthen basic math and problem-solving skills among 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8 offers students who struggle with math a daily opportunity to improve their skills.

The book offers 180 math word problems. The first 30 focus on 6th-grade math standards, the second 30 on 7th-grade standards, and the last 30 on 8th-grade standards.

There is also a section of more difficult, extra-credit problems titled "Hard-Hat Thinking".

All of the activities are designed to strengthen basic math skills and problem-solving ability.

Six visual cues—a hammer for adding, a screwdriver for subtracting, gears for multiplying, a saw for dividing, a tape measure for measuring, and a level for averaging—remind the students which math process to follow and further reinforce their skills.

Catering to the growing need to prepare students for gateway tests, the problems here target the areas that appear on these tests most frequently.

In this era of accountability, every teacher is concerned with student achievement and adequate yearly progress.

This book can help. Comprises 180 word problems (one for every day of the school year) and five sheets of "Hard-Hat Thinking" problems, each with five problemsIncludes a skills instruction section for beginners using modeling to solve word problems Offers tips for solving word problemsProvides helpful icons to aid in solving word problemsKeyed to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for grades 6, 7, and 8

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