Numbers&Me

Word problems practice

Stories that have to be read carefully and turned into maths: running totals, sharing and grouping, unit prices, working backwards from a bill, two-step problems with bar models, swapping empties, and fence posts.

Adding and subtracting stories

Grade 2

Practise multi-step addition and subtraction word problems: things given, received and halved. New stories every time, with a narrated solution video.

Toy shop shopping lists

Grade 2

Practise shopping problems: find the price of each toy from the totals, then cost a new list of two toys. New prices every time, with a solution video.

Multi-step word problems

Grade 3

Practise longer word problems that add, subtract and take fractions like a third or three quarters. New stories every time, with a solution video.

Multiplication word problems

Grade 3

Practise multiplication word problems: chocolates in boxes, pages per minute, stickers on sheets. Over 20 stories, new numbers every time, with a video.

Division word problems

Grade 3

Practise division word problems: sharing cupcakes, packing candles, truck trips. Ten kinds of story, new numbers every time, with a solution video.

Toy shop word problems

Grade 3

Practise unit price word problems: if 2 toys cost $34, how much do 8 cost? New toys and prices every time, with step-by-step working and a video.

How many did they buy?

Grade 3

Practise shopping problems that work backwards: from the total spent, find how many bananas were bought. New items and prices every time, with a video.

Bar models (two-step problems)

Grade 3

Practise two-step word problems with bar models: pick the model that matches the story, then solve it. New stories every time, with a solution video.

Swap the empties (word problems)

Grade 3

Practise a swap chain: 4 empty juice boxes buy 1 new one, so how many does a child drink altogether? Worked round by round, with a narrated solution video.

Fence post problems

Grade 3

Practise counting the gaps, not the things: posts along a fence, chimes of a clock, cuts in a log. New numbers every time, with a narrated solution video.

Two groups, one total

Grade 3

Practise two-step word problems: half held 5 balloons in each hand, the rest held 3. How many altogether? New every time, with a narrated solution video.

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