What can you do to make a word problem easier to understand?

For example: Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are

in the bag now?

In this lesson, you will learn how to re-write the question

in a word problem by creating a fill in the blank

sentence.

Let’s Review

Word Problem

Information Question

Let’s Review

Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are

in the bag now?

Word Problem

Information Question

Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are

in the bag now?

Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are

in the bag now?

A Common Misunderstanding

Read the problem ONE time

Read the problem

MANY times

A Common Misunderstanding

Core Lesson

How can I use the question to make the

problem easier to understand?

QuestionFill in the blank

sentence

Core Lesson

This girl has dogs.

Can you use the information from the picture to fill in the

blank?

3

Core Lesson

What is your favorite flavor of

ice cream?

My favorite flavor of ice

cream is chocolate.

My favorite flavor of ice

cream is .

Core Lesson

Mark has 3 songs on his iPod. He downloaded 2 more songs. How many songs does Mark have on his iPod now?

How many songs does

Mark have on his iPod now?

Mark

Mark has 3 songs on his iPod. He downloaded 2 more songs. How many songs does Mark have on his iPod now?

Markhas songs

on his iPod now.

Core Lesson

Mark has 3 songs on his iPod. He downloaded 2 more songs. How many songs does Mark have on his iPod now?

Mark has 3 songs on his iPod. He downloaded 2 more songs. How many songs does Mark have on his iPod now?

Mark has 3 songs on his iPod. He downloaded 2 more songs. How many songs does Mark have on his iPod now?

Mark has songs on his iPod now.5

3 + 2 = 5

Core Lesson

Mrs. Dawson has 8 blue marbles and 6 green marbles in a bag. She puts in 7 more marbles. How many marbles are

in the bag now?

How many marbles are in the bag now?

There are marbles in the bag now.

In this lesson you have learned how to re-write the question in a word problem by creating a fill in

the blank sentence.