1. Mixed Practice and Writing Story Problems Our Goals: Create story problems. Solve story problems.

2. Brainstorm Ideas for Story Problems

3. Writing Story Problems Writing an interesting problem is more important than spelling correctly. Write problems that are difficult. You can make them more difficult by writing a difficult problem type, not by using a bigger number. Tomorrow we’ll solve the problems that you write today.

4. Solve Story Problems Our school has 12 computers. 7 are in the computer room. The rest are in the library. How many are in the library?

5. Solve Story Problems When I got my puppy, he weighed 9 pounds. He gained 7 pounds since then. His mother weighs 32 pounds. How much does my puppy weigh now?

6. Solve Story Problems 14 strings on Jenna’s harp were out of tune. Then she tuned some of them. She has 8 more to tune. How many strings did she already tune?

7. Solve Story Problems The zoo has 5 bears, 4 hippos, and some leopards. If the total number of bears, hippos, and leopards at the zoo is 18, how many leopards are there?

8. Extra Practice Solve problems together. Make sure to show your work.

9. Write a problem with extra information! Yard Sale ItemPrice Books10c each Buttons2c each Pencils3c each Crayons1c each Marbles9c each

10. Write a problem that requires adding three numbers! Yard Sale ItemPrice Books10c each Buttons2c each Pencils3c each Crayons1c each Marbles9c each

11. Write a problem with hidden information! Yard Sale ItemPrice Books10c each Buttons2c each Pencils3c each Crayons1c each Marbles9c each