Looking for a more interesting way to teach math in these unusual times? Here are a variety of sites that share Math Word Problems–the real-world way to teach what some see as a daunting subject:
- Expii Solve–math word problems and puzzles, lots of them
- IXL Word Problems–by grade
- Math and Logic Problems
- Math Pickle–puzzles, games, and mini competitions
- Prodigy Math Word Problems–about 120
- Thinking Blocks–free (app)
- Word problems–type them in, Wolfram/Alpha provides the answer and the how-to. Amazing.
- Word Problems from Math Playground
- Would You Rather–more like a justification for decisions using math
Click for more online math resources.
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
When I taught math, I would uses students’ names and real life situations in the word problems. Students enjoyed reading their name or classmates’ names and made an extra effort to get the correct answers.
I tried these apps for my students and was very helpful
helped a lot
Thanks for your suggestions, Jacqui. It’s always good to relate maths to the real world.