Two-step word problems
🎯 Objective: Students solve two-step problems with all four operations and use a letter for the unknown.
Lesson outline
- Read: “Maya buys 3 packs of 8 cards and gives away 5. How many are left?”
- Plan step 1 and step 2; write one equation with a letter: 3 × 8 − 5 = c.
- Solve three problems; estimate to check.
- Exit: one two-step problem.
Lesson 3 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.
Practice & resources on Thinkabara
🎯 Practice: Multiplication & division within 100🖨️ Worksheet: Multiplication Facts 2–10📚 All 3rd Grade skills🎮 Learning games⚡ Capy Live class quiz
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More lessons in “Multiplying by multiples of 10 & patterns”
- Multiplying by multiples of 10
- Patterns in the multiplication table
- Two-step word problems
- Reasonable answers
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