Problem Solved - Year 4

Part of the series Problem Solved.

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Engaging multi-levelled problem-solving series to support the Australian Curriculum! Problem Solved is an innovative mathematical problem-solving series providing students with opportunities to apply their numeracy skills in order to solve problems. The problem-solving process will vary from student to student and from problem to problem.

Key Features

As students analyse the problems in Problem Solved they will be required to determine:

• what the problem is asking
• what strategy best suits the problem
• what mathematical knowledge needs to be employed
• whether the solution makes sense

Throughout the series, students are encouraged to use a variety of different problem-solving strategies, such as:

• estimating
• discussions
• using calculators
• using materials
• creating algorithms
• working backwards
• creating tables and lists

Content areas include:

• whole number
• operations
• fractions and decimals
• patterns and algebra
• measurement
• geometry
• statistics and probability

The problems presented on each page are arranged in three levels.