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Key learning points.
- Visualising a word problem helps us see the mathematics.
- Word problems can be represented as a bar model by identifying the parts and the whole.
- The bar model helps us to understand the structure of the maths and to form a calculation to help solve the problem.
- Number facts can be used when solving problems involving mass.
Common misconception
Children may misidentify the parts or wholes in a problem.
Children should be encouraged to visualise the problem (eg. act it out or draw it) to help them identify the parts and whole.
Bar model - A bar model is a pictorial representation of a problem where bars are used to represent the known and unknown quantities.
Whole - The whole is all of something. It is complete.
Part - A part is some but not all of something. It is an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole.
Mass - Mass is a measure of how much matter something contains. It is measured by how much something weighs. Mass can be measured in kg and g.
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Reasoning and Problem Solving Questions Collection - KS1 and KS2
Subject: Mathematics
Age range: 5-7
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These booklets each contain over 40 reasoning and problem solving questions suitable for KS1, KS2 and KS3 classes. These are the questions that we have been putting out each day in March 2016 on Twitter in the run up to SATS.
The answers are provided with some simple notes at the back of the booklet and for some problems supplementary questions and variation has been provided.
As always we welcome any feedback on the work we are doing and the materials that we are releasing. Thank you for taking an interest in our work. The White Rose Maths Hub Team
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