Problem Solving

Quite tricky word problems involving money, often requiring several steps to complete.

A perimeter/area investigation.

Here are sets of word problems only needing one step to solve, but it is not always obvious what calculation to carry out to reach the answer.

A good knowledge of the order of operations is needed for this problem solving task.

An atlas with time zones is needed for the first activity and there are line graphs on time to interpret.

Tricky addition which may need jottings to complete.

Here are some longer problems written in words. You need to work out more than one thing to get the answers.

Find the cost of different numbers of houseplants.