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What can you do to solve a really tricky word problem? For example:

What can you do to solve a really tricky word problem? For example: Maxine and Jack both work at the supermarket. Maxine worked 12 hours at her job. Jack worked 3 times the hours Maxine worked. How many hours did Maxine and Jack work altogether?.

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What can you do to solve a really tricky word problem? For example:

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  1. What can you do to solve a really tricky word problem? For example: Maxine and Jack both work at the supermarket. Maxine worked 12 hours at her job. Jack worked 3 times the hours Maxine worked. How many hours did Maxine and Jack work altogether?

  2. In this lesson you will learn how to solve multi-step word problems by drawing a model.

  3. Baker Bob makes 9 chocolate cupcakes cupcakes. Baker Betsy makes 4 times as many vanilla cupcakes. How many cupcakes are there in all? 9 Baker Bob: 9 9 9 9 Baker Betsy: There are ____ cupcakes altogether.

  4. Not drawing your unit bars in equal sizes. 12 12 Incorrect unit bars Correct unit bars 12 12

  5. What is the question this problem is asking me to solve?? Maxine and Jack both work at the supermarket. Maxine worked 12 hours at her job. Jack worked 3 times the hours Maxine worked. How many hours did Maxine and Jack work altogether? Maxine and Jack worked a total of ____ hours altogether.

  6. Maxine’s hours: 12 ? 12 12 12 Jack’shours:

  7. 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 4 x 12 = 48 hours Maxine and Jack worked a total of ____ hours altogether. 48

  8. In this lesson you have learned how to solve multi-step word problemsby drawing a model.

  9. The total lunch bill for seven people is $83. They add a $15 tip and split the bill evenly. How much is each person’s share of the bill?

  10. $83 $15 Lunch Bill - $98 14 ? 14 14 14 14 14 Lunch Bill - P P P P P P P $14 7p = 98 1p = 98 ÷ 7 1p = 14 Each person will pay __ $14.

  11. If your heart beats 4,680 times in one hour, how many times does it beat per minute? How many times does it beat in a week?

  12. Mary had 1240 picture cards. She kept 80 cards for herself and gave the rest to a group of children. Each child received 8 cards. How many children were in the group? Use model drawing, pictures, numbers or words to solve this problem.

  13. Ms. Flowers has a garden filled with roses, lilies and tulips. There are 3 times as many roses as tulips and 4 times as many lilies as tulips. If there are 9 roses, how many total flowers are in the garden? • -Use model drawing to determine your answer • -Show a visual representation of this data with your answer

  14. 1) Malik picked 8 baskets of oranges, putting 12 apples in each basket. He then divided the baskets evenly among 4 people. How many oranges did Malik give each of the 4 people?

  15. 2) The total dinner bill for five people is $207. They add a $23 tip and split the bill evenly. How much is each person’s share of the bill?

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