Addition or subtraction, sometimes it is hard to decide which to use! This video gives all the tools needed to solve word problems. Focusing on key words like ”altogether, in all, left over, and how many more” help students identify which operation to use. Students then search for what the problem is asking and draw a model to solve. Be a detective and find clues to help you solve any word problem.
Practice reading word problems carefully, searching for clues to help solve
Learn how to identify key words to understand which operation to use in a word problem
Understand how asking questions about word problems can help to solve the problem
Understand that drawing pictures or models helps to solve word problems
Standards addressed
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.OA.A.1
Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.