Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8

✍ Scribed by Melony A. Brown

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 161
• Series: Teacher Ideas Press Books
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6–8
......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Letter to the Teacher......Page 8
NCTM Standards......Page 10
Reproducible Visual Cue Card......Page 12
Unit 1: Day 1–Day 16.......Page 14
Unit 2: Day 17–Day 32......Page 24
Unit 3: Day 33–Day 48......Page 34
Unit 4: Day 49–Day 64.......Page 44
Unit 5: Day 65–Day 80......Page 54
Unit 6: Day 81–Day 96......Page 64
Unit 7: Day 97–Day 112......Page 74
Unit 8: Day 113–Day 128......Page 84
Unit 9: Day 129–Day 144......Page 94
Unit 10: Day 145–Day 160......Page 104
Unit 11: Day 161–Day 180......Page 114
Hard Hat Thinking 1–5.......Page 126
Units 1–11 Answer Key......Page 132
Hard Hat Thinking Answer Key......Page 157
Index......Page 160
About the Author......Page 161