Multi-step problems: choosing operations
Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, deciding which operations and methods to use and why; solve multi-step problems in contexts
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“If your child is given a multi-step problem mixing different operations — like working out the total cost of several items at different prices — can they plan and carry out each step correctly?”
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- Activity. Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, deciding which operations and methods to use and why; solve multi-step problems in contexts
What to notice. Solve a three-step word problem involving a mix of all four operations • Explain why particular operations were chosen for each step of a multi-step problem • Identify and correct an error in a multi-step solution that used the wrong operation
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If your child is given a multi-step problem mixing different operations — like working out the total cost of several items at different prices — can they plan and carry out each step correctly?
Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, deciding which operations and methods to use and why; solve multi-step problems in contexts
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- Solve a three-step word problem involving a mix of all four operations
- Explain why particular operations were chosen for each step of a multi-step problem
- Identify and correct an error in a multi-step solution that used the wrong operation
“If your child is given a multi-step problem mixing different operations — like working out the total cost of several items at different prices — can they plan and carry out each step correctly?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 10–11