Problem Solving Strategies
1. Read the problem together and find important information.
2. Restate the question. What is the problem asking me to find?
3. Draw a picture.
4. Make an organized list or chart.
5. Act out the problem.
6. Write a similar problem.
7. Be the teacher and explain how to solve the problem.

Activities to help you remember the words.
1. Make flash cards.
2. Use the flash cards and play the memory game.
3. Draw a picture of the word.
4. Make up your own math problem that includes the word.
5. Teach someone else what the word means.

1. Make up your own problems to practice the skill.
2. Check with a calculator.
3. Teach someone else the skill.
4. Make up a word problem to use the skill.

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