What can you do to solve a really tricky word problem?

For example:

Maxine and Jack both work at the supermarket. Maxine worked 12 hours at her job. Jack worked 3 times the hours Maxine worked. How many hours did Maxine and

Jack work altogether?

In this lesson you will learn how to solve multi-step word

problems by drawing a model.

Let’s ReviewLet’s Review

Baker Bob makes 9 chocolate cupcakes cupcakes. Baker Betsy makes 4 times as many vanilla cupcakes. How many cupcakes are there

in all?

There are ____ cupcakes altogether.

9

9 9 9 9

Baker Bob:

Baker Betsy:

Let’s ReviewA Common Mistake

Incorrect unit bars12 12

Correct unit bars12 12

Not drawing your unit bars in equal sizes.

Let’s ReviewCore Lesson

Maxine and Jack both work at the supermarket. Maxine worked 12 hours at her

job. Jack worked 3 times the hours Maxine worked. How many hours did Maxine and Jack

work altogether?

Maxine and Jack worked a total of ____ hours altogether.

What is the question this problem is

asking me to solve??

Let’s ReviewCore Lesson

Maxine’s hours:

Jack’s hours:

?12

12 12 12

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12 + 12 + 12 + 12

4 x 12 = 48 hours

Maxine and Jack worked a total of ____ hours altogether.48

In this lesson you have learned how to solve multi-step word

problems by drawing a model.

Let’s ReviewGuided Practice

The total lunch bill for seven people is $83. They add a $15 tip and split the bill evenly. How much is each person’s share of the bill?

Let’s ReviewGuided Practice

Lunch Bill -

Lunch Bill -

$83 $15$98

P PP P PP P

?

$14

14 14 14 14 14 14

7p = 981p = 98 ÷ 7

1p = 14 Each person will pay __ $14.

Let’s ReviewExtension Activities

If your heart beats 4,680 times in one hour, how many times does it beat per minute? How many times does it beat in a week?

Let’s ReviewExtension Activities

Mary had 1240 picture cards. She kept 80 cards for herself and gave the rest to a group of children. Each child received 8 cards. How many children were in the group? Use model drawing, pictures, numbers or words to solve this problem.

Let’s ReviewExtension Activities

Ms. Flowers has a garden filled with roses, lilies and tulips. There are 3 times as many roses as tulips and 4 times as many lilies as tulips. If there are 9 roses, how many total flowers are in the garden?-Use model drawing to determine your answer-Show a visual representation of this data with your answer

Let’s ReviewQuick Quiz

1) Malik picked 8 baskets of oranges, putting 12 apples in each basket. He then divided the baskets evenly among 4 people. How many oranges did Malik give each of the 4 people?

Let’s ReviewQuick Quiz

2) The total dinner bill for five people is $207. They add a $23 tip and split the bill evenly. How much is each person’s share of the bill?