Wednesday, April 04, 2012

I Really Dislike Word Problems!

"Erica bought five pencils for 30 cents each and two books for $1.00 each. How much money did she spend?"

Lydia- "I don't know what to do. Can I just draw a picture of Erica?" And Lydia isn't my only child who gets hung up on the "story" of the word problems.

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