Problem Solving Activities

Find a ¼ and ¾ of a set.

Add 2-digit numbers with and without renaming

Recall basic addition facts to 20

Investigate odd and even numbers

Devise and use problem solving strategies (guess and check, act it out, draw a picture)

Solve a story problem using multiplication facts of 2 and 4.

Devise and use problem solving strategies (guess and check, guess and improve, act it out, draw a picture)

Give change for sums of money

Solve subtraction problems presented in different forms

Devise and use problem solving strategies to explore situations mathematically (guess and check, use drawing, use equipment, be systematic, act it out).

Represent a sum of money by a combinations of coins

Use a list to work systematically

Devise and use problem solving strategies to explore situations mathematically (systematic list, use equipment)

skip count in 2s, 3s, and 5s

devise and use problem solving strategies (make an organised list)

Skip count in twos

Investigate and find patterns in addition and subtraction

Devise and use problem solving strategies (act it out, draw a picture)

Use their mathematical knowledge to invent basic addition and subtraction problems;

Solve other students’s problems.

Devise and use problem solving strategies to explore situations mathematically. 

Add several small numbers.

Devise and use problem solving strategiesto explore situations mathematically. This problem uses guess and check, be systematic, draw a picture, and think.