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    This document provides word clues and strategies to help with math problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It lists common action words associated with each operation and gives the key questions asked. It also outlines a 7-step strategy for solving math problems which includes reading the problem, underlining the question, highlighting key words, crossing out extra information, making a plan, checking work, and verifying the answer makes sense.

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    This document provides word clues and strategies to help with math problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It lists common action words associated with each operation and gives the key questions asked. It also outlines a 7-step strategy for solving math problems which includes reading the problem, underlining the question, highlighting key words, crossing out extra information, making a plan, checking work, and verifying the answer makes sense.

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    Word Clues To Help With Math Problems: Addition Subtraction

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    This document provides word clues and strategies to help with math problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It lists common action words associated with each operation and gives the key questions asked. It also outlines a 7-step strategy for solving math problems which includes reading the problem, underlining the question, highlighting key words, crossing out extra information, making a plan, checking work, and verifying the answer makes sense.

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    WORD CLUES TO HELP WITH MATH PROBLEMS

    ADDITION SUBTRACTION

    How many in all? How many are left?


    How many altogether? How many more?
    What is the total? What is the difference?
    What is the sum?

    Action Words: gave, added, brought, found, Action Words: went away, took away,
    bought spent, lost, sold.

    MULTIPLICATION DIVISION

    in all how many for each


    altogether quotient
    how much among
    product

    MATH PROBLEM - SOLVING STRATEGY

    1. Read the problem.


    2. Underline the question.
    3. Highlight key words

    What do you know? What do you not know?

    4. Is there extra information that you do not need? Cross it


    out.

    5. Make a plan. Solve the problem.

    6. Check for calculation errors.

    7. Does the answer sound right?

    Diana Browning Wright, Teaching & Learning 2003 WordClues

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